GIFT  OF 


NTERNATIONAL  WIRELESS  TELEGRAPH 

CONVENTION 

CONCLUDED  BETWEEN 

iERMANY,  THE  UNITED  STATES  'OF  AMERICA,  ARGENTINA, 
AUSTRIA,  HUNGARY,  BELGIUM,  BRAZIL,  BULGARIA,  CHILE, 
IENMARK,  SPAIN,  FRANCE,  GREAT  BRITAIN,  GREECE,  ITALY, 
.PAN,   MEXICO,    MONACO,   NORWAY,   THE    NETHERLANDS, 
1RSIA,  PORTUGAL,  ROUMANIA,  RUSSIA.  SWEDEN,  TURKEY, 
AND  URUGUAY. 


WASHINGTON: 

GOVERNMENT  PRINTING  OFFICE. 

1907. 


Property  of  the  United  States  Governmint. 


INTERNATIONAL  WIRELESS  TELEGRAPH 

CONVENTION 

CONCLUDED  BETWEEN 

GERMANY,  THE  UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA,  ARGENTINA, 
AUSTRIA,  HUNGARY,  BELGIUM,  BRAZIL,  BULGARIA,  CHILE, 
DENMARK,  SPAIN,  FRANCE,  GREAT  BRITAIN,  GREECE,  ITALY, 
JAPAN,  MEXICO,  MONACO,  NORWAY,  THE  NETHERLANDS, 
PERSIA,  PORTUGAL,  ROUMANIA,  RUSSIA.  SWEDEN,  TURKEY, 

AND  URUGUAY. 


WASHINGTON: 

GOVERNMENT  PRINTING  OFFICE. 
1907. 


CONVENTION  RADIOTELEGRAPHIQUE 
INTERNATIONALE 

CONCLUE  ENTRE 

L'ALLEMAGNE,  LES  tiTATS-UNIS  D'AMtiRIQUE,  L'ARGENTINE, 
L'AUTRICHE,  LA  HONGRIE,  LA  BELGIQUE,  LE  BRl^SIL,  LA 
BULGARIE,  LE  CHILI,  LE  DANEMARK,  L'ESPAGNE,  LA  FRANCE, 
LA  GRANDE-BRETAGNE,  LA  GR^CE,  L'lTALIE,  LE  JAPON,  LE 
MEXIQUE,  MONACO,  LA  NORV^GE,  LES  PAYS-BAS,  LA  PERSE, 
LE  PORTUGAL,  LA  ROUMAN1E,  LA  RUSSIE,  LA  SUEDE,  LA 
TURQUIE  ET  L'URUGUAY. 


WASHINGTON: 

IMPRIMERIE  DU  GOUVERNEMENT. 

1907. 

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International  Wireless  Telegraph 
Convention  concluded  between 
Germany,  the  United  States  of 
America,  Argentina,  Austria,  Hun- 
gary, Belgium,  Brazil,  Bulgaria, 
Chile,  Denmark,  Spain,  France, 
Great  Britain,  Greece,  Italy,  Japan, 
Mexico,  Monaco,  Norway,  the 
Netherlands,  Persia,  Portugal, 
Roumania,  Russia,  Sweden, 
Turkey,  and  Uruguay. 


Convention  Radiotelegraphique  In- 
ternationale conclue  entre  1'Alle- 
magne,  les  3<Jtats-Unis  d'Ame- 
rique,  1' Argentine,  1'Autriche,  la 
Hongrie,  la  Belgique,  le  Bresil, 
la  Bulgarie,  le  Chili,  le  Danemark, 
1'Espagne,  la  France,  la  Grande- 
Bretagne,  la  Grece,  1'Italie,  le  Ja- 
pon,  le  Mexique,  Monaco,  la  Nor- 
vege,  les  Pays-Bas,  la  Perse,  le 
Portugal,  la  Roumanie,  la  Russie, 
la  Suede,  la  Turquie  et  1' Uruguay. 


The  undersigned,  plenipotenti- 
aries of  the  Governments  of  the 
countries  enumerated  above,  hav- 
ing met  in  conference  at  Berlin, 
have  agreed  on  the  following  Con- 
vention, subject  to  ratification: 


ARTICLE  1. 

The  High  Contracting  Parties 
bind  themselves  to  apply  the  pro- 
visions of  the  present  Convention 
to  all  wireless  telegraph  stations 
open  to  public  service  between  the 
coast  and  vessels  at  sea — both 
coastal  stations  and  stations  on 
shipboard — which  are  established 
or  worked  by  the  Contracting 
Parties. 

They  further  bind  themselves  to 
make  the  observance  of  these  pro- 
visions obligatory  upon  private 
enterprises  authorized  either  to 
establish  or  work  coastal  stations 
for  wireless  telegraphy  open  to 
public  service  between  the  coast 
and  vessels  at  sea,  or  to  establish 
or  work  wireless  telegraph  sta- 
tions, whether  open  to  general 
public  service  or  not,  on  board  of 
vessels  Hying  their  flag. 


Les  soussignes,  plenipotentiai- 
res  des  Gouvernements  des  Pays 
ci-dessus  enumeres,  s'etant  reunis 
en  Conference  a  Berlin,  out,  d'un 
commun  accord  et  sous  reserve  de 
ratification,  arrete  la  Convention 
suivante: 

ARTICLE  1. 

Les  H antes  Parties  contractantes 
s'engagent  a  appliquer  les  disposi- 
tions de  la  presente  Convention 
dans  toutes  les  stations  radiotele- 
graphiques — stations  cotieres  et 
stations  de  bord — ouvertes  au  ser- 
vice de  la  correspondance  publique 
entre  la  terre  et  les  navires  en  rner 
qui  sont  etablies  ou  exploitees  par 
les  Parties  contractantes. 

Elles  s'engagent,  en  outre,  a 
imposer  Fobservation  de  ces  dis- 
positions aux  exploitations  privees 
autorisees,  soit  a  etablir  ou  a  ex- 
ploiter des  stations  cotieres  radio- 
teh'graphiques  ouvertes  au  service 
de  la  correspondance  publique 
entre  la  terre  et  les  navires  en  nier, 
soit  a.  etablir  ou  a  exploiter  des 
stations  radiotelegraphiques  ou- 
vertes ou  non  au  service  de  la  cor- 
respondance publique  a  bord  des 
navires  qui  portent  leur  pavilion. 


ARTICLE  2. 


ARTICLE  2. 


By  ''coastal  stations"  is  to  be 
understood  every  wireless  tele- 
graph station  established  on  shore 
or  on  board  a  permanent!}7  moored 
vessel  used  for  the  exchange  of  cor- 
respondence with  ships  at  sea. 

Every  wireless  telegraph  station 
established  on  board  any  vessel 
not  permanently  moored  is  called 
a  u  station  on  shipboard." 

ARTICLE  3. 

The  coastal  stations  and  the  sta- 
tions on  shipboard  shall  be  bound 
to  exchange  wireless  telegrams 
without  distinction  of  the  wireless 
telegraph  system  adopted  b}7  such 
stations. 

ARTICLE  4. 

Notwithstanding  the  provisions 
of  Article  3,  a  station  may  be  re- 
served for  a  limited  public  service 
determined  by  the  object  of  the 
correspondence  or  by  other  cir- 
cumstances independent  of  the 
system  emplo}7ed. 


ARTICLE  5. 

Each  of  the  High  Contracting 
Parties  undertakes  to  connect  the 
coastal  stations  to  the  telegraph 
system  by  special  wires,  or,  at 
least,  to  take  other  measures  which 
will  insure  a  rapid  exchange  be- 
tween the  coastal  stations  and  the 
telegraph  system. 

ARTICLE  6. 

The  High  Contracting  Parties 
shall  notify  one  another  of  the 
names  of  coastal  stations  and  sta- 
tions on  shipboard  referred  to  in 
Article  1,  and  also  of  all  data, 
necessary  to  facilitate  and  acceler- 
ate the  exchange  of  wireless  tele- 
grams, as  specified  in  the  Regula- 
tions. 


Est  appelee  station  cotiere  toute 
station  radiotelegraphique  etablie 
sur  terre  ferme  ou  a  bord  d'un 
navire  ancre  a  demeure  et  utilisee 
pour  Pechange  de  la  correspon- 
dance  avec  les  navires  en  mer. 

Toute  station  radiotelegraphique 
etablie  sur  un  navire  autre  qu'un 
bateau  fixe  est  appelee  station  de 
bord. 

ARTICLE  3. 

Les  stations  cotieres  et  les  sta- 
tions de  bord  sont  tenues  d'echan- 
ger  reciproquement  les  radiotele- 
grammes  sans  distinction  du  sys- 
teme  radiotelegraphique  adopte 
par  ces  stations. 

ARTICLE  4. 

Nonobstant  les  dispositions  de 
Particle  3,  une  station  pent  etre 
affectee  a  un  service  de  corre- 
spondance  publique  restreinte  de- 
termine par  le  but  de  la  corre- 
spondance  ou  par  d'autres  circon- 
stances  independantes  du  systeme 
employe. 

ARTICLE  5. 

Chacune  des  Hautes  Parties  con- 
tractantes  s'engage  a  faire  relier 
les  stations  cotieres  au  reseaii  tele- 
graphique  par  des  tils  speciaux  ou, 
tout  au  moins,  a  prendre  d'autres 
mesures  assurant  un  echange  ra- 
pide  entre  les  stations  cotieres  et 
le  reseau  telegraphique. 

ARTICLE  6. 

Les  Hautes  Parties  contractantes 
se  donnent  mutuellement  connais- 
sance  des  noms  des  stations  cotieres 
et  des  stations  de  bord  visees  a 
Particle  ler,  ainsi  que  de  toutes  les 
indications  propres  a  faciliter  et  a 
accelerer  les  echanges  radiotele- 
graphiques  qui  seront  specifiees 
dans  le  Reglement. 


AKTICLE  7. 


ARTICLE  7. 


Each  of  the  High  Contracting 
Parties  reserves  the  right  to  pre- 
scribe or  permit  at  the  stations 
referred  to  in  Article  1,  apart  from 
the  installation  the  data  of  which 
are  to  be  published  in  conformity 
with  Article  6,  the  installation  and 
working  of  other  devices  for  the 
purpose  of  establishing  special 
wireless  communication  without 
publishing  the  details  of  such 
devices. 

ARTICLE  8. 

The  working  of  the  wireless 
telegraph  stations  shall  be  organ- 
ized as  far  as  possible  in  such  man- 
ner as  not  to  disturb  the  service  of 
other  wireless  stations. 

ARTICLE  9. 

Wireless  telegraph  stations  are 
bound  to  give  absolute  priority  to 
calls  of  distress  from  ships,  to  simi- 
larly answer  such  calls  and  to  take 
such  action  with  regard  thereto  as 
may  be  required. 

ARTICLE  lo. 

The  total  charge  for  wireless 
telegrams  shall  comprise: 

1.  The  charge  for  the  maritime 
transmission,  that  is: 

(a)  The  coastal  rate,  which  shall 
fall  to  the  coastal  station; 

(b)  The  shipboard  rate,   which 
shall  fall  to  the  shipboard  station. 

2.  The  charge  for  transmission 
over  the  lines  of  the  telegraph  sys- 
tem, to  be  computed  according  to 
the  general  regulations. 

The  coastal  rate  shall  be  subject 
to  the  approval  of  the  Govern- 
ment of  which  the  coastal  station 
is  dependent,  and  the  shipboard 
rate  to  the  approval  of  the  Govern- 
ment whose  flag  the  ship  is  Hying. 

Each  of  these  rates  shall  be  fixed 
in  accordance  with  the  tariff  per 


Chacune  des  Hautes  Parties  con- 
tractantes  se  reserve  la  faculte  de 
prescrire  ou  d'admettre  que  dans 
les  stations  visees  a  Particle  ler, 
independamment  de  Pinstallation 
dont  les  indications  sont  publiees 
conf  ormement  a  Particle  6,  d'autres 
dispositifs  soient  etablis  et  ex- 
ploites  en  vue  d'une  transmission 
radiotelegraphique  speciale  sans 
que  les  details  de  ces  dispositifs 
soient  publics. 

ARTICLE  8. 

L'exploitation  des  stations  radio- 
telegraphiques  est  organisee,  au- 
tant  que  possible,  de  maniere  a  ne 
pas  trouble r  le  service  d'autres 
stations  de  Pespece. 

ARTICLE  9. 

Les  stations  radiotelegraphiques 
sont  obligees  d'accepter  par  prio- 
rite  absolue  les  appels  de  detresse 
provenant  des  navires,  de  repondre 
de  meme  a  ces  appels  et  d'y  don- 
ner  la  suite  qu'ils  comportent. 

ARTICLE  10. 

La  taxe  totale  des  radiotele- 
grammes  comprend: 

1°  la  taxe  affe rente  au  parcours 
maritime,  savoir: 

(a)  la  utaxe  cotiere"  qui  appar- 
tient  a  la  station  cotiere, 

(b)  la  utaxe  de  bord1'  qui  appar- 
tient  a  la  station  de  bord, 

2°  la  taxe  pour  la  transmission 
sur  les  lignes  du  reseau  telegra- 
phique  calculoe  d'apres  les  regies 
generales. 

Le  taux  de  la  taxe  cotiere  est 
soumis  a  Papprobation  du  Gouver- 
nement  dont  releve  la  station  co- 
tiere; celui  de  la  taxe  de  bord,  a 
Papprobation  du  Gouvernement 
dont  le  navire  porte  le  pavilion. 

Chacune  de  ces  deux  taxes  doit 
etre  fixee  suivant  le  tarif  par  mot 


word,  pure  and  simple,  with  an 
optional  minimum  rate  per  wire- 
less telegram,  on  the  basis  of  an 
equitable  remuneration  for  the 
wireless  work.  Neither  rate  shall 
exceed  a  maximum  to  be  fixed  by 
the  High  Contracting  Parties. 

However,  each  of  the  High  Con- 
tracting Parties  shall  be  at  liberty 
to  authorize  higher  rates  than 
such  maximum  in  the  case  of  sta- 
tions of  ranges  exceeding  800  km. 
or  of  stations  whose  work  is  ex- 
ceptionally difficult  owing  to  phy- 
sical conditions  in  connection  with 
the  installation  or  working  of  the 
same. 

For  wireless  telegrams  proceed- 
ing from  or  destined  for  a  country 
and  exchanged  directly  with  the 
coastal  stations  of  such  country, 
the  High  Contracting  Parties  shall 
advise  one  another  of  the  rates 
applicable  to  the  transmission  over 
the  lines  of  their  telegraph  sys- 
tem. Such  rates  shall  be  those 
resulting  from  the  principle  that 
the  coastal  station  is  to  be  consid- 
ered as  the  station  of  origin  or  of 
destination. 

ARTICLE  11. 

The  provisions  of  the  present 
Convention  are  supplemented  by 
Regulations,  which  shall  have  the 
same  force  and  go  into  effect  at 
the  same  time  as  the  Convention. 

The  provisions  of  the  present 
Convention  and  of  the  Regulations 
relating  thereto  may  at  any  time 
be  modified  by  the  High  Contract- 
ing Parties  by  common  consent. 
Conferences  of  plenipotentiaries  or 
simply  administrative  conferences, 
according  as  the  Convention  or  the 
Regulations  are  affected,  shall  take 
place  from  time  to  time;  each  con- 
ference shall  fix  the  time  and  place 
of  the  next  meeting. 


pur  et  simple,  avec  minimum  fa- 
cultatif  de  taxe  par  radiotele- 
gramme,  sur  la  base  de  la  remune- 
ration equitable  du  travail  radiote- 
legraphique.  Chacune  d'elles  ne 
peut  depasser  un  maximum  a  fixer 
par  les  Hautes  Parties  contrac- 
tantes. 

Toutefois  chacune  des  Hautes 
Parties  contractantes  a  la  faculte 
d'autoriser  des  taxes  superieures 
a  ce  maximum  dans  le  cas  de  sta- 
tions d'une  portee  dapassant  800 
kilometres,  ou  de  stations  excep- 
tionnellement  onereuses  en  raison 
des  conditions  materielles  de  leur 
installation  et  de  leur  exploitation. 

Pour  les  radiotelegrammes  ori- 
ginaires  ou  a  destination  d'un  pays 
et  echanges  directement  avec  les 
stations  cotieres  de  ce  pa}Ts,  les 
Hautes  Parties  contractantes  se 
donnent  mutuellement  connais- 
sance  des  taxes  applicables  a  la 
transmission  sur  les  lignes  de  leurs 
reseaux  telegraphiques.  Ces  taxes 
sont  celles  qui  resultent  du  prin- 
cipe  que  la  station  cotiere  doit  etre 
considered  comme  station  d'origine 
ou  de  destination. 

ARTICLE  11. 

Les  dispositions  de  la  presente 
Convention  sont  completees  par 
un  Reglement  qui  a  la  merne  va- 
leur  et  entre  en  vigueur  en  meme 
temps  que  la  Convention. 

Les  prescriptions  de  la  presente 
Convention  et  du  Reglement  y  re- 
latif  peuvent  etre  a  toute  epoque 
modifiees  d'un  commun  accord  par 
les  Hautes  Parties  contractantes. 
Des  conferences  de  plenipoten- 
tiaires  ou  de  simples  conferences 
administrative*,  selon  qu'il  s'agira 
de  la  Convention  ou  du  Regle- 
ment, auront  lieu  periodiquement; 
chaque  conference  fixera  elle- 
meme  le  lieu  et  Pepoque  de  la 
reunion  suivante. 


ARTICLE  12. 


ARTICLE  12. 


Such  conferences  shall  be  com- 
posed of  delegates  of  the  Govern- 
ments of  the  contracting  countries. 

In  the  deliberations  each  country 
shall  have  but  one  vote. 

If  a  Government  adheres  to  the 
Convention  for  its  colonies,  pos- 
sessions or  protectorates,  subse- 
quent conferences  may  decide  that 
such  colonies,  possessions  or  pro- 
tectorates, or  a  part  thereof,  shall 
be  considered  as  forming  a  countiy 
as  regards  the  application  of  the 
preceding  paragraph.  But  the 
number  of  votes  at  the  disposal  of 
one  Government,  including  its 
colonies,  possessions  or  protector- 
ates, shall  in  no  case  exceed  six. 

ARTICLE  13. 

An  International  Bureau  shall 
be  charged  with  collecting,  coordi- 
nating and  publishing  informa- 
tion of  every  kind  relating  to 
wireless  telegraphy,  examin  ing  the 
applications  for  changes  in  the  Con- 
vention or  Regulations,  promul- 
gating the  amendments  adopted, 
and  generally  performing  all  ad- 
ministrative work  referred  to  it  in 
the  interest  of  international  wire- 
less telegraphy* 

The  expenses  of  such  institution 
shall  be  borne  by  all  the  contract- 
ing countries. 

ARTICLE  14. 

Each  of  the  High  Contracting 
Parties  reserves  to  itself  the  right 
of  fixing  the  terms  on  which  it 
will  receive  wireless  telegrams 
proceeding  from  or  intended  for 
any  station,  whether  on  ship- 
board or  coastal,  which  is  not 
subject  to  the  provisions  of  the 
present  Convention. 

If  a  wireless  telegram  is  re- 
ceived the  ordinary  rates  shall  be 
applicable  to  it. 

19079—07 2 


Ces  conferences  sont  composees 
de  delegues  des  Gouvernements 
des  Pays  contractants. 

Dans  les  deliberations,  chaque 
pays  dispose  d'une  seule  voix. 

Si  un  Gouvernement  adhere  a  la 
Convention  pour  ses  colonies,  pos- 
sessions ou  protectorats,  les  con- 
ferences ulterieures  peuvent  de- 
cider que  Fensembleou  une  partie 
de  ces  colonies,  possessions  ou 
protectorats  est  considere  comnie 
formant  un  pays  pour  Papplica- 
tion  de  Talinra  precedent.  Toute- 
fois  le  nombre  des  voix  dont  dis- 
pose un  Gouvernement,  y  compris 
ses  colonies,  possessions  ou  pro- 
tectorats, ne  pent  depasser  six. 

ARTICLE  13. 

Un  Bureau  international  est 
charge  de  reunir,  de  coordonner 
et  de  publier  les  renseignements 
de  toute  nature  relatifs  a  la  radio- 
telegraphie,  d'instruire  les  de- 
mandes  de  modification  a  la  Con- 
vention et  au  Reglement,  4e  faire 
promulguer  les  changements  adop- 
tes  et,  en  general,  de  proceder  a 
tous  travaux  admin istratifs  dont 
il  serait  saisi  dans  Pinteret  de  la 
radiotelegraphie  internationale. 

Les  frais  de  cette  institution 
sont  supportes  par  tous  les  Pays 
contractants. 

ARTICLE  14. 

Chacune  des  Hautes  Parties  con- 
tractantes  se  reserve  la  faculte  de 
fixer  les  conditions  dans  lesquelles 
elle  admet  les  radiotelegrammes 
en  provenance  ou  a  destination 
d'une  station,  soit  de  bord,  soit 
cotiere,  qui  n'est  pas  soumise  aux 
dispositions  de  la  presente  Con- 
vention. 

Si  un  radiotelegramme  est  aclmis, 
les  taxes  ordinaires  doivent  lui 
etre  appliquees. 


10 


Any  wireless  telegram  proceed- 
ing from  a  station  on  shipboard 
and  received  by  a  coastal  station 
of  a*  contracting  country,  or  ac- 
cepted in  transit  by  the  adminis- 
tration of  a  contracting  country, 
shall  be  forwarded. 

Any  wireless  telegram  intended 
for  a  vessel  shall  also  be  forwarded 
if  the  administration  of  the  con- 
tracting country  has  accepted  it 
originally  or  in  transit  from  a  non- 
contracting  country,  the  coastal 
station  reserving  the  right  to  re- 
fuse transmission  to  a  station  on 
shipboard  subject  to  a  non-con- 
tracting country. 


ARTICLE  15. 

The  provisions  of  Articles  8  and 
9  of  this  Convention  are  also  appli- 
cable to  wireless  telegraph  instal- 
lations other  than  those  referred 
to  in  Article  1. 

ARTICLE  16. 

Governments  which  are  not 
/parties- to  the  present  Convention 
shall  be  permitted  to  adhere  to  it 
upon  their  request.  Such  adher- 
ence shall  be  communicated 
through  diplomatic  channels  to 
the  contracting  Government  in 
whose  territoiy  the  last  conference 
shall  have  been  held,  and  by  the 
latter  to  the  remaining  Govern- 
ments. 

The  adherence  shall  carry  with  it 
to  the  fullest  extent  acceptance  of 
all  the  clauses  of  this  Convention 
and  admission  to  all  the  advantages 
stipulated  therein. 

ARTICLE  17. a 

The  provisions  of  Articles  1,  2, 
3,  5,  6,  7,  8,  11,  12  and  17  of  the 
International  Telegraph  Conven- 
tion of  St.  Petersburg  of  July 
10/22,  1875,  shall  be  applicable  to 
international  wireless  telegraphy. 


11  est  donne  cours  a  tout  radio- 
telegramme  provenant  d'une  sta- 
tion de  bord  et  recu  par  une  station 
cotiere  d'un  Pays  contractant  on 
accepte  en  transit  par  rAdmini- 
stration  d'un  Pa}Ts  contractant. 

II  est  egalement  donne  cours  a 
tout  radiotelegramme  a  destina- 
tion d'un  navire,  si  1'Administra- 
tion  d'un  Pays  contractant  en  a 
accepte  le  depot  ou  si  T  Ad  minis- 
tration <Tun  Pays  ccrtitractant  Fa 
accepte  en  transit  <Tun  Pays  non 
contractant,  sous  reserve  du  droit 
de  la  station  cotiere  de  refuser  la 
transmission  a  une  station  de  bord 
relevant  d'un  Pays  non  contrac- 
tant. 

ARTICLP:  15. 

Les  dispositions  des  articles  8  et 
9  de  cette  Convention  sont  egale- 
ment applicables  aux  installations 
radioteleoTaphiques  autres  que 

•      '  ^     11         -L-     1         t  or 

celles  visees  a  I  article  1   . 
ARTICLE  16. 

Les  Gouvernements  qui  n'ont 
point  pris  part  a  la  presente  Con- 
vention sont  admis  a  y  adherer 
sur  leur  demande. 

Cette  adhesion  est  notifiee  par 
la  voie  diplomatique  a  celui  des 
Gouvernements  contractants  au 
sein  duquel  la  derniere  Conference 
a  ete  tenue  et  par  celui-ci  a  tons 
les  autres. 

Elle  emporte  de  plein  droit  ac- 
cession a  toutes  les  clauses  de  la 
presente  Convention  et  admission 
a  tous  les  avantages  y  stipules. 

ARTICLE  17. 

Les  dispositions  des  articles 
1,  2,  3,  5,  6,  7,  8,  11,  12  et  17  de 
la  Convention  telegraphique  inter- 
nationale  de  St.-Petersbourg  du 
10/22  juillet  1875  sont  applicables 
a  la  radiotelegraphie  internatio- 
nale. 


«See  translation  of  the  Articles  of  the  International  Telegraph  Convention  referred 
to  in  Article  17,  affixed. 


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ARTICLE  18. 

In  case  of  disagreement  between 
two  or  more  contracting  Govern- 
ments regarding  the  interpretation 
or  execution  of  the  present  Con- 
vention or  of  the  Regulations  re- 
ferred to  in  Article  li,  the  question 
in  dispute  may,  by  mutual  agree 
ment,  be  submitted  to  arbitration. 
In  such  case  each  of  the  Govern- 
ments concerned  shall  choose  an- 
other Government  not  interested  in 
the  question  at  issue. 

The  decision  of  the  arbiters  shall 
be  arrived  at  by  the  absolute  ma- 
jority of  votes. 

"In  case  of  a  division  of  votes, 
the  arbiters  shall  choose,  for  the 
purpose  of  settling  the  disagree- 
ment, another  contracting  Gov- 
ernment which  is  likewise  a  stran- 
ger to  the  question  at  issue.  In 
case  of  failure  to  agree  on  a  choice, 
each  arbiter  shall  propose  a  disin- 
terested contracting  Government, 
and  lots  shall  be  drawn  between 
the  Governments  proposed.  The 
drawing  of  the  lots  shall  fall  to  the 
Government  within  whose  terri- 
tory the  international  bureau  pro- 
vided for  in  Article  13  shall  be 
located. 

ARTICLE  19. 

The  High  Contracting  Parties 
bind  themselves  to  take,  or  propose 
to  their  respective  legislatures,  the 
necessary  measures  for  insuring 
the  execution  of  the  present  Con- 
vention. 

ARTICLE  20. 

The  High  Contracting  Parties 
shall  communicate  to  one  another 
any  laws  already  framed,  or  which 
may  be  framed,  in  their  respective 
countries  relative  to  the  object  of 
the  present  Convention. 


ARTICLE  18. 

En  cas  de  dissentiment  entre 
deux  on  plusieurs  Gouvernements 
contractants  relativement  a  Pinter- 
pretation  ou  a  Pexecution,  soit  de 
la  presente  Convention,  soit  du 
Reglement  prevu  par  Particle  11, 
la  question  en  litige  pent,  cPun 
commun  accord,  etresoumise  a  un 
jugement  arbitral.  Dans  ce  cas, 
chacun  des  Gouvernements  en 
cause  en  choisit  un  autre  non 
interesse  dans  la  question. 

La  decision  des  arbitres  est 
prise  a  la  majorite  absolue  des 
voix. 

En  cas  de  partage  des  voix,  les 
arbitres  choisissent,  pour  tran- 
cher  le  ditferend,  un  autre  Gouver- 
nement  contractant  egalement 
desinteresse  dans  le  litige.  A 
defaut  d'une  entente  concernant 
ce  choix,  chaque  arbitre  propose 
un  Gouvernement  contractant 
desinteresse;  il  est  tire  au  sort 
entre  les  Gouvernements  propo- 
ses. Le  tirage  au  sort  appartient 
au  Gouvernement  sur  le  territoire 
duquelfonctionne  le  Bureau  inter- 
national prevu  aParticle  13. 


ARTICLE  19. 

Les  Hautes  Parties  contractantes 
s'engagent  a  prendre  ou  a  propo- 
ser a  leurs  legislatures  respectives 
les  mesures  necessaires  pour  as- 
surer Pexecution  de  la  presente 
Convention. 

ARTICLE  20. 

Les  Hautes  Parties  contractantes 
se  communiqueront  les  lois  qui 
auraient  deja  ete  rendues  ou  qui 
viendraient  a  Petre  dans  leurs 
Pays  relativement  a  Pobjet  de  la 
presente  Convention. 


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ARTICLE  21. 

The  High  Contracting  Parties 
shaR  preserve  their  entire  liberty 
as  regards  wireless  telegraph 
installations  other  than  provided 
for  in  Article  1,  especially  naval 
and  military  installations,  which 
shall  be  subject  only  to  the  obliga- 
tions provided  for  in  Articles  8 
and  9  of  the  present  Convention. 

However,  when  such  installa- 
tions are  used  for  general  public 
service  they  shall  conform,  in  the 
execution  of  such  service,  to  the 
provisions  of  the  Regulations  as 
regards  the  mode  of  transmission 
and  rates. 

ARTICLE  22. 

The  present  Convention  shall 
go  into  effect  on  the  1st  day  of 
July,  1908,  and  shall  remain  in 
force  for  an  indefinite  period  or 
until  the  expiration  of  one  year 
from  the  day  when  it  shall  be 
denounced  by  any  of  the  contract- 
ing parties. 

Such  denunciation  shall  affect 
only  the  Government  in  whose 
name  it  shall  have  been  made.  As 
regards  the  other  Contracting 
Powers,  the  Convention  shall 
remain  in  force. 

ARTICLE  23. 

The  present  Convention  shall  be 
ratified  and  the  ratifications  ex- 
changed at  Berlin  with  the  least 
possible  delay. 

In  witness  whereof  the  respec- 
tive plenipotentiaries  have  signed 
one  copy  of  the  Convention,  which 
shall  be  deposited  in  the  archives 
of  the  Imperial  Government  of 
Germany,  and  a  copy  of  which 
shall  be  transmitted  to  each  Party. 

Done  at  Berlin,  Novemer  3, 1906. 

For  Germany: 

KRAETKE. 
SYDOWDOW. 


ARTICLE  21. 

Les  Hautes  Parties  contractan- 
tes  conservent  leur  entiere  liberte 
relativement  aux  installations 
radiotelegraph iques  non  prevues 
a  Particle  1  et,  notamment,  aux 
installations  navales  et  militaires, 
lesquelles  restent  soumises  uni- 
quement  aux  obligations  prevues 
aux  articles  8  et  9  de  la  presente 
Convention. 

Toutefois,  lorsque*  ces  installa- 
tions font  de  la  correspondance  pu- 
blique,  elles  se  conferment,  pour 
1'execution  de  ce  service,  aux  pre- 
scriptions du  Reglement  en  ce  qui 
concerne  le  mode  de  transmission 
et  la  comptabilite. 

ARTICLE  22. 

La  presente  Convention  sera 
rnise  a  execution  a  parti r  du  ler 
juillet  1908,  et  demeurera  en  vi- 
gueur  pendant  un  temps  indeter- 
mine  et  jusqu'a  Pexpiration  d'une 
annee  a  partir  du  jour  oil  la  denon- 
ciation  en  sera  faite. 

La  denonciation  ne  produit  son 
effet  qu'a  Pegard  du  Gouverne- 
ment  au  nom  duquel  elle  a  ete 
faite.  Pour  les  autres  Parties  con- 
tractantes,  la  Convention  reste  en 
vigueur. 

ARTICLE  23. 

La  presente  Convention  sera 
ratifiee  et  les  ratifications  en  seront 
deposees  a  Berlin  dans  le  plus  bref 
delai  possible. 

En  foi  de  quoi  les  plenipoten- 
tiaires  respectifs  ont  signe  la  Con- 
vention en  un  exemplaire  qui 
restera  depose  aux  archives  du 
Gouvernement  Imperial  d'Alle- 
mange  et  dont  une  copie  sera  re- 
mise a  chaque  Partie. 

Fait  a  Berlin,  le  3  novembre  1906. 


Pour 


I'Allemagne: 
KRAETKE. 
SYDOW. 


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For  United  States: 

CHARLEMAGNE  TOWER. 

H.  N.  MANNEY. 

JAMES  ALLEN. 

JOHN  I.  WATERBURY. 
For  Argentina: 

J.  OLMI. 
For  Austria: 

EARTH. 

FRIES. 
For  Hungary: 

PIERRE  DE  SZALAY. 

DR.  DE  HENNYEY. 

HOLL6S. 

For  Belgium: 

F.  DEL  A  RGB. 

E.  BUELS. 
For  Brazil: 

CESAR  DE  CAMPOS. 
For  Bulgaria: 

Iv.  STOYAXOVITCH. 
For  Chile: 

J.   MUNOZ    HlJRTADO. 

J.  MERY. 
For  Denmark: 

N.  R.  MEYER. 

I.  A.  VOEHTZ. 
For  Spain: 

IGNACIO  MURCIA. 

RAMON  KSTRADA. 

RAFAEL  RAVENA. 

ISIDRO  CALVO. 

MANUEL  NORIEGA. 

ANTONIO  PELAEZ-CAMPO- 

MANES. 
For  France: 

J.  BORDELONGUE. 

L.  GASCHARD. 

BOULANGER. 

A.  DEVOS. 
For  Great  Britain: 

H.  BABINGTON  SMITH. 

A.  E.  BETHELL. 

R.  L.  HIPPISLEY. 
For  Greece: 

T.  ARGYROPOULOS. 
For  Italy : 

J.  COLOMBO. 
For  Japan : 

OSUKE  ASANO. 

ROKURE  YASHIRO. 

SHUNKICHI  KIMURA. 

ZIRO  TANAKA. 

SABURO  HYAKUTAKE. 


Pour  les  Etats-Unis  d'Amerique : 

CHARLEMANGE  TOWER. 

H.  N.  MANNEY. 

JAMES  ALLEN. 

JOHN  1.  WATERBURY. 
Pour  T Argentine: 

J.  OLMI. 
Pour  1'Autriche: 

BARTH. 

FRIES. 
Pour  la  Hongrie: 

PIERRE  DE  SZALAY. 

DR.  DE  HENNYEY. 

HOLL6S. 

Pour  la  Belgique: 

F.  DELARGE. 

E.  BUELS. 
Pour  le  Bresil: 

CESAR  DE  CAMPOS. 
Pour  la  Bulgarie: 

Iv.  STOYANOVITCH. 
Pour  le  Chili: 

J.   MUNOZ    HURTADO. 

J.  MERY. 
Pour  le  Danemark: 

N.  R.  MEYER. 

I.  A.  VOEHTZ. 
Pour  1'Espagne: 

IGNACIO  MURCIA. 

RAM6N  ESTRADA. 

RAFAEL  *  RAVENA. 

ISIDRO  CALVO. 

MANUEL  NORIEGA. 

ANTONIO     PELAEZ  -  CAM- 

POMANES. 
Pour  la  France: 

J.  BORDELONGUE. 

L.  GASCHARD. 

BOULANGER. 

A.  DEVOS. 
Pour  la  Grande-Bretagne: 

H.  BABINGTON  SMITH. 

A.  E.  BETHELL. 

JR.  I.  HIPPISLEY. 
Pour  la  Grece: 

T.  ARGYROPOULOS. 
PourPItalie:    s- 

J.  COLOMBO. 
Pour  le  Japon : 

OSUKE  ASANO. 

ROKURE  YASHIRO. 

SHUNKICHI  KIMURA. 

ZIRO  TANAKA. 

SABURO  HYAKUTAKE. 


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For  Mexico:  Pour 

JOSE  M.  PEREZ. 
For  Monaco:  Pour 

J.  DEPELLEY. 

For  Norway:  Pour 

•  HEFTYE. 

O.  T.  EIDEM. 
For  Netherlands:  Pour 

KRUYT. 

PERK. 

HOVEN. 
For  Persia:  Pour 

HOVHANNES  KHAN. 
For  Portugal:  Pour 

PAULO  BENJAMIN  CABRAL. 
For  Roumania:  Pour 

GR.  CERKEZ. 
For  Russia:  Pour 

A.  EICHHOLZ. 

A.  EULER. 

VICTOR  BILIBINE. 

A.  REMMERT. 

W.  'KEDRINE. 
For  Sweden:  Pour 

HERMAN  RYDIN. 

A.  HAMILTON. 
For  Turkey :  Pour 

NAZIF  BEY. 
For  Uruguay:  Pour 

F.  A.  COSTANZO. 


le  Mexique: 

JOSE  M.  PEREZ. 
Monaco : 

J.  DEPELLEY. 
la  Norvege: 

HEFTYE. 

O.  T.  EIDEM. 
les  Pays-Bas: 

KRUYT. 

PERK. 

HOVEN. 
la  Perse: 

HOVHANNES  ^K 
le  Portugal: 

PAULO  BENJAMIN  CABRAL. 
la  Roumanie: 

GR.  CERKEZ. 
la  Russie: 

A.  EICHHOLZ. 

A.  EULER. 

VICTOR  BILIBINE. 

A.  REMMERT. 

W.  KEDRINE. 
la  Suede: 

HERMAN  RYDIN. 

A.  HAMILTON. 
la  Turquie: 

NAZIF  BEY. 
P  Uruguay: 

F.  A.  COSTANZO. 


SUPPLEMENTARY  AGREE- 
MENT. 

The  undersigned  plenipotenti- 
aries of  the  Governments  of  Ger- 
many, the  United  States  of  Amer- 
ica, Argentina,  Austria,  Hungai^y, 
Belgium,  Brazil,  Bulgaria,  Chile, 
Denmark,  Spain,  France,  Greece, 
Monaco,  Norway,  the  Nether- 
lands, Roumania,  Russia,  Sweden, 
Turkey,  and  Uruguay  bind  them- 
selves mutually,  from  the  date  of 
the  going  into  effect  of  the  Conven- 
tion, to  conform  to  the  provisions 
of  the  following  supplementary  ar- 
ticles: 


ENGAGEMENT  ADDITIONNEL. 


Les  soussignes  plenipotentiaires 
des  Gouvernements  de  PAlle- 
magne,  des  Etats-Unis  d'Ame- 
rique,  de  1' Argentine,  de  1'Au- 
triche,  de  la  Hongrie,  de  la  Bel- 
gique,  du  Bresil,  de  la  Bulgarie, 
du  Chili,  du  Danemark,  de  1'Es- 
pagne,  de  la  France,  de  la  Grece, 
de  Monaco,  de  la  Norvege,  des 
Pays-Bas,  de  la  Roumanie,  de  la 
Russie,  de  la  Suede,  de  la  Turquie, 
de  P  Uruguay  s'engagent  a  appli- 
quer  a  partir  de  la  date  de  la  mise 
en  vigueur  de  la  Convention  les 
dispositions  des  articles  addition- 
nels  suivants: 


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I. 


Each  station  on  shipboard  re- 
ferred to  in  Article  1  of  the  Con- 
vention shall  be  bound  to  corre- 
spond with  any  other  station  on 
shipboard  without  distinction  of 
the  wireless  telegraph  system 
adopted  by  such  stations  respec- 
tively. 

II. 

Tho  Governments  which  have 
not  adhered  to  the  foregoing  arti- 
cle ma}T  at  any  time  signify,  by  fol- 
lowing the  procedure  prescribed 
by  Article  16  of  the  Convention, 
that  they  bind  themselves  to  con- 
form to  its  provisions. 

Those  which  have  adhered  to  the 
foregoing  article  may  at  any  time, 
under  the  same  conditions  as  pro- 
vided for  in  Article  22,  signify 
their  intention  to  cease  conform- 
ing to  its  provisions. 

III. 

This  agreement  shall  be  ratified 
and  the  ratifications  exchanged  at 
Berlin  with  the  least  possible  delay. 

In  witness  whereof  the  respective 
plenipotentiaries  have  signed  one 
copy  of  the  present  Agreement, 
which  shall  be  deposited  in  the 
archives  of  the  Imperial  Govern- 
ment of  Germany,  and  a  copy  of 
which  shall  be  transmitted  to  each 
of  the  Parties. 

Done  at  Berlin,  November  3, 
1906. 

For  Germany: 

KRAETKE. 

SYDOW. 
For  United  States: 

CHARLEMAGNE  TOWER. 

H.  N.  MANNEY. 

JAMES  ALLEN. 

JOHN  I.  WATERBURY. 
For  Argentina: 

J.  OLMI. 


I. 


Chaque  station  de  bord  visee  a 
Particle  ler  de  la  Convention  sera 
tenue  d'intercommuniquer  avec 
toute  autre  station  de  bord  sans 
distinction  du  systeme  radiotele- 
graph ique  adopte  respectivement 
par  ces  stations. 


II. 


Les  Gouvernements  qui  ri'ont 
pas  adhere  a  Particle  ci-dessus 
peuvent,  a  toute  epoque,  faire 
connaitre,  en  adoptant  la  pro- 
cedure indiquee  a  Particle  16  de  la 
Convention,  qu'ils  s'engagent  a  en 
appliquer  les  dispositions. 

Ceux  qui  ont  adhere  a  Particle 
ci-dessus  peuvent,  a  toute  epoque, 
faire  connaitre,  dans  les  conditions 
prevues  a  Particle  22  de  la  Con- 
vention, leur  intention  de  cesser 
d'en  appliquer  les  dispositions. 

III. 

Le  present  engagement  sera 
ratifie  et  les  ratifications  en  seront 
deposees  a  Berlin  clans  le  plus  bref 
delai  possible. 

En  foi  de  quoi  les  plenipoten- 
tiaires  respectifs  ont  signe  le  pre- 
sent engagement  en  un  exemplaire 
qui  restera  depose  aux  archives 
du  Gouvernement  Imperial  d'Al- 
lemagne  et  dont  vine  copie  sera 
remise  a  chaque  Partie. 

Fait  a  Berlin,  le  3  novembre 
1906. 

Pour  PAllemagne: 
KRAETKE. 

SYDOW. 

Pour  les  Etats-Unis  d'Amerique: 

CHARLEMAGNE  TOWER. 

H.  N.  MANNEY. 

JAMES  ALLEN. 

JOHN  I.  WATERBURY. 
Pour  P Argentine: 

J.  OLMI. 


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For  Austria: 

BARTH. 

FRIES. 
For  Hungary: 

PIERRE  DE  SZALAY. 

DR.  DE  HENNYEY. 

HOLLOS. 
For  Belgium: 

F.  DELARGE. 

E.  BUELS. 
For  Brazil: 

CESAR  DE  CAMPOS. 
For  Bulgaria: 

Iv.  STOYANOVITCH. 
For  Chile: 

J.   MUNOZ  HURTADO. 

J.  MERY. 
For  Denmark: 

N.  R.  MEYER. 

I.   A.   VOEHTZ. 

For  Spain: 

IGNACIO  MURCIA. 
RAM6N  ESTRADA. 
RAFAEL  RAVENA. 
ISIDRO  CALVO. 
MANUEL  NORIEGA. 
ANTONIO  PELAEZ-CAMPO 

MANES. 

For  France: 

J.    BORDELONGUE. 

L.  GASCHARD. 

BOULANGER. 

A.  DEVOS. 
For  Greece: 

T.  ARGYROPOULOS. 
For  Monaco: 

J.  DEPELLEY. 
For  Norwa}7: 

HEFTYE. 

O.  T.  EIDEM. 
For  Netherlands: 

KRUYT. 

PERK. 

HOVEN. 
For  Roumania: 

GR.  CERKEZ. 
For  Russia: 

A.  EICHOLZ. 

A.  EULER. 

VICTOR  BILIBINE. 

A.  REMMERT. 

W.  KEDRINE. 


Pour  PAutriche: 

BARTH. 

FRIES. 
Pour  la  Hongrie: 

PIERRE  DE  SZALAY. 

DR.  DE  HENNYEY. 

HOLL6S. 

Pour  la  Belgique: 

F.  DELARGE. 

E.  BUELS. 
Pour  le  Bresil: 

CESAR  DE  CAMPOS. 
Pour  la  Bulgarie: 

Iv.  STOYANOVITCH. 
Pour  le  ChilK 

J.  MUNOZ  HURTADO. 

J.  MERY. 
Pour  le  Danemark: 

N.  R.  MEYER. 

I.  A.  VOEHTZ. 
Pour  PEspagne: 

IGNACIO  MURCIA. 

RAM£N  ESTRADA. 

RAFAEL  RAVENA. 

ISIDRO  CALVO. 

MANUEL  NORIEGA. 

ANTONIO  PELAEZ-CAMPO- 

MANES. 
Pour  la  France: 

J.  BORDELONGUE. 

L.  GASCHARD. 

BOULANGER. 

A.  DEVOS. 
Pour  la  Grece: 

T.  ARGYROPOULOS. 
Pour  Monaco: 

J.  DEPELLEY. 
Pour  la  Norvege: 

HEFTYE. 

O.  T.  EIDEM. 
Pour  les  Pays-Bas: 

KRUYT. 

PERK. 

HOVEN. 
Pour  la  Roumanie: 

GR.  CERKEZ. 
Pour  la  Russie: 

A.  EICHHOLZ. 

A.  EULER. 

VICTOR  BILIBINE. 

A.  REMMERT. 

W.  KEDRINE. 


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For  Sweden: 

HERMAN  RYDIN. 
A.  HAMILTON. 

For  Turkey: 

NAZIF  BEY. 
For  Uruguay: 

F.  A.  COSTANZO. 


Pour  la  Suede: 

HERMAN  RYDIN. 

A.  HAMILTON. 
Pour  la  Turquie: 

NAZIF  BEY. 
Pour  1'  Uruguay: 

F.  A.  COSTANZO. 


FINAL   PROTOCOL. 

At  the  moment  of  signing  the 
Convention  adopted  by  the  Inter- 
national Wireless  Telegraph  Con- 
ference of  Berlin,  the  undersigned 
plenipotentiaries  have  agreed  as 
follows : 


I. 


The  High  Contracting  Parties 
agree  that  at  the  next  Conference 
the  number  of  votes  to  which  each 
country  is  entitled  (Article  12  of 
the  Convention)  shall  be  decided 
at  the  beginning  of  the  delibera- 
tions, so  that  the  colonies,  posses- 
sions or  protectorates  admitted  to 
the  privilege  of  voting  may  exer- 
cise their  right  to  vote  during  the 
entire  course  of  the  proceeding's 
of  such  Conference. 

This  decision  shall  be  of  imme- 
diate effect  arid  remain  in  force 
until  amended  by  a  subsequent 
Conference. 

As  regards  the  next  Conference, 
applications  for  the  admission  of 
new  votes  in  favor  of  colonies, 
possessions  or  protectorates  which 
may  have  adhered  to  the  Conven- 
tion shall  be  addressed  to  the 
International  Bureau  at  least  six 
months  prior  to  the  date  of  the 
convening  of  such  Conference. 
Notice  of  such  applications  shall 
at  once  be  given  to  the  remaining 
contracting  Governments,  which 
may,  within  the  period  of  two 
months  from  the  receipt  of  the 
notice,  formulate  similar  applica- 
tions. 

19079—07 3 


PROTOCOLS  FINAL. 

Au  moment  de  proceder  a  la 
signature  de  la  Convention  arretee 
par  la  Conference  radiotelegra- 
phique  internationale  de  Berlin,  les 
plenipotentiaires  soussignes  sont 
convenus  de  ce  qui  suit: 


I. 


JLes  Hautes  Parties  contractantes 
conviennent  qu'a  la  Conference 
prochaine  le  nombre  des  voix  dont 
chaque  pays  dispose  (article  12  de 
la  Convention)  sera  decide  au  de- 
but des  deliberations  de  maniere 
que  les  colonies,  possessions  ou 
protectorate,  admis  a  beneficier 
de  voix  puissent  exercer  leur  droit 
de  vote  au  cours  de  tous  les  tra- 
vaux  de  cette  Conference. 

La  decision  prise  aura  un  effet 
immediat  et  restera  en  vigueur  jus- 
qu'a  sa  modification  par  une  Con- 
ference ulterieure. 

En  ce  qui  concerne  la  prochaine 
Conference,  les  demandes  tendant 
a  1'admission  de  nouvelles  voix  en 
faveur  de  colonies,  possessions  ou 
protectorats  qui  auraient  adhere  a 
la  Convention  seront  adressees  au 
Bureau  international  six  mois  au 
moins  avant  la  date  de  la  reunion 
de  cette  Conference.  Ces  de- 
mandes seront  immediatement  no- , 
titiees  aux  autres  Gouvernements 
contractants  qui  pourront,  dans 
un  delai  de  deux  mois,  a  partir  de 
la  remise  de  la  notification,  forniu- 
ler  des  demandes  semblables. 


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II. 

Each  contracting  Government 
may  ^reserve  the  right  to  desig- 
nate,' according  to  circumstances, 
certain  coastal  stations  to  be  ex- 
empted from  the  obligation  im- 
posed by  Article  3  of  the  Conven- 
tion, provided  that,  as  soon  as  this 
measure  goes  into  effect,  there 
shall  be  opened  within  its  terri- 
tory one  or  several  stations  subject 
to  the  obligations  of  Article  3,  in- 
suring, within  the  region  where 
the  exempted  stations  are  located, 
such  wireless  telegraph  service  as 
will  satisfy  the  needs  of  the  pub- 
lic service.  The  Governments  de- 
siring to  reserve  this  right  shall 
give  notice  thereof  in  the  form 
provided  for  in  the  second  para- 
graph of  Article  16  of  the  Conven- 
tion, not  later  than  three  months 
before  the  Convention  goes  into 
effect,  or,  in  case  of  subsequent 
adhesion,  at  the  time  of  such  ad- 
hesion. 

The  countries  whose  names  fol- 
low below  declare  now  that 
will  not  reserve  such  right: 

Germany, 

United  States, 

Argentina, 

Austria, 

Hungary, 

Belgium, 

Brazil, 

Bulgaria, 

Chile, 

Greece, 

Mexico, 
-    Monaco, 

Norway, 

Netherlands, 

Roumania, 

Russia, 

Sweden, 

Uruguay. 

III. 

The  manner  of  carrying  out  the 
provisions  of  the  foregoing  article 
shall  be  at  the  discretion  of  the 


II. 

Chaque  Gouvernement  contrac- 
tant  peut  se  reserver  la  faculte  de 
designer,  suivant  les  circonstances, 
certaines  stations  cotieres  qui  se- 
ront  exemptees  de  Pobligation,  im- 
posee  par  Particle  3  de  la  Conven- 
tion sous  la  condition  que,  des 
1'application  de  cette  mesure,  il 
soit  ouvert  sur  son  territoire  une 
ou  plusieurs  stations  soumises  aux 
obligations  de  1'articl^  3,  et  assu- 
rant  le  service  radiotelegraphique 
dans  la  region  desservie  par  les 
stations  exemptees  d'une  m  mere 
satisfaisant  aux  besoins  de  la  cor- 
respondance  publique.  Les  Gou- 
vernements  qui  desirent  se  reserver 
cette  faculte  doivent  en  donner 
notification  dans  la  forme  prevue 
au  deuxieme  alinea  de  Particle  16 
de  la  Convention,  au  plus  tard  trois 
mois  avant  la  mise  en  vigueur  de 
la  Convention  ou,  dans  le  cas  d'ad- 
hesions  ulterieures,  au  moment  de 
Padhesion. 

Les  Pays  dont  les  noms  suivent 
declarent,  des  a  present,  qu'ils  ne 
se  reserveront  pas  cette  faculte  : 

Allemagne, 

£tats-Unis  d'Amerique, 

Argentine, 

Autriche, 

Hongrie, 

Belgique, 

Bresil, 

Bulgarie, 

Chili, 

Grece, 

Mexique, 

Monaco, 

Norvege, 

Pa}7s-Bas, 

Roumanie, 

Russie, 

Suede,     • 

Uruguay. 

III. 

Le  mode  d'execution  des  dispo- 
sitions de  Particle  precedent  de- 
pend du  Gouvernement  qui  se  sert 


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Government  which  takes  advan- 
tage of  the  right  of  exemption; 
such  Government  shall  be  at  lib- 
erty to  decide  from  time  to  time, 
in  its  own  judgment,  how  many 
stations  and  what  stations  shall  be 
exempted.  Such  Government  shall 
likewise  be  at  liberty  as  regards 
the  manner  of  carry  ing  out  the  pro- 
vision relative  to  the  opening  of 
other  stations  subject  to  the  obli- 
gations of  Article  3,  insuring, 
within  the  region  where  the  ex- 
empted stations  are  located,  such 
wireless  telegraph  service  as  will 
satisfy  the  needs  of  the  public 
service. 

IV. 

It  is  understood  that,  in  order 
not  to  impede  scientific  progress, 
the  provisions  of  Article  3  of  the 
Convention  shall  not  prevent  the 
eventual  employment  of  a  wireless 
telegraph  .system  incapable  of 
communicating  with  other  sys- 
tems, provided,  however,  that 
such  incapacity  shall  be  due  to  the 
specific  nature  of  such  system  and 
that  it  shall  not  be  the  result  of 
devices  adopted  for  the  sole  pur- 
pose of  preventing  intercommu- 
nication. 

V. 

The  adherence  to  the  Convention 
by  the  Government  of  a  country 
having  colonies,  possessions  or 
protectorates  shall  not  carry  with 
it  the  adherence  of  its  colonies,  pos- 
sessions or  protectorates,  unless  a 
declaration  to  that  effect  is  made 
by  such  Government.  Such  colo- 
nies, possessions  and  protector- 
ates as  a  whole,  or  each  of  them 
separately,  may  form  the  subject 
of  a  separate  adherence  or  a  sepa- 
rate denunciation  within  the  pro- 
visions of  Articles  16  and  22  of 
the  Convention. 

It  is  understood  that  the  sta- 
tions on  board  of  vessels  whose 
headquarters  is  a  port  in  a  colony, 
possession  or  protectorate  may  be 


de  la  faculte  d'exemption;  ce  Gou- 
vernement  a  pleine  liberte  de  de- 
cider de  temps  en  temps,  suivant 
son  propre  jugement,  combien  de 
stations  et  quelles  stations  seront 
exemptees.  Ce  Gouvernement  a 
la  meme  liberte  en  ce  qui  concerne 
le  mode  d'execution  de  la  condition 
relative  a  Pouverture  d'autres  sta- 
tions soumises  aux  obligations  de 
Particle  3  et  assurant  le  service 
radiotelegraphique  dans  la  region 
desservie  par  les  stations  exemp- 
tees d'une  maniere  satisfaisant  aux 
besoins  de  la  correspondance  pub- 
lique. 

IV. 

II  est  entendu  qu'afin  de  ne  pas 
entraver  les  progres  scientifiques, 
les  dispositions  de  Particle  3  de 
la  Convention  n'empechent  pas 
Pemploi  eventuel  d'un  systeme  ra- 
diotelegraphique incapable  de  com- 
muniquer  avec  d'autres  systemes, 
pourvu  toutefois  que  cette  incapa- 
cite  soit  due  a  la  nature  specifique 
de  ce  systeme  et  qu'elle  ne  soit  pas 
Pefl'et  de  dispositifs  adoptes  uni- 
quement  en  vue  d'empecher  Pin- 
tercommunication. 


V. 


L'adhesion  a  la  Convention  du 
Gouvernement  d'un  pays  ayant  des 
colonies,  possessions  ou  protecto- 
rats  necomporte  pas  P  adhesion  de 
ses  colonies,  possessions  ou  pro- 
tectorats,  a  moins  d'une  declara- 
tion a  cet  efl'et  de  la  part  de  ce 
Gouvernement.  L'ensemble  de  ces 
colonies,  possessions  et  protecto- 
rats  ou  chacun  d'eux  separement 
peut  faire  Pobject  d'une  adhesion 
distincte  ou  d'une  denonciation  dis- 
tincte  dans  les  conditions  prevues 
aux  articles  16  et  22  de  la  Conven- 
tion. 

II  est  entendu  que  les  stations  a 
bord  de  navires  ayant  leur  port 
d'attache  dans  une  colonie,  posses- 
sion ou  protectorat  peuvent  etre 


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deemed  as  subject  to  the  authority 
of  such  colony,  possession  or  pro- 
tectorate. 

VI. 

Note  is  taken  of  the  following 
declaration : 

,  The  Italian  delegation  in  sign- 
ing the  Convention  does  so  with 
the  reservation  that  the  Conven- 
tion can  not  be  ratified  on  the 
part  of  Italy  until  the  date  of  the 
expiration  of  her  contracts  with 
Mr.  Marconi  and  his  Company,  or 
at  an  earlier  date  if  the  Govern- 
ment of  the  King  of  Italy  shall 
succeed  in  fixing  such  date  by 
negotiations  with  Mr.  Marconi 
and  his  Company. 

VII. 

In  case  one  or  several  of  the 
High  Contracting  Parties  shall 
not  ratify  the  Convention,  it  shall 
nevertheless  be  valid  as  to  the 
parties  which  shall  have  ratified  it. 

In  witness  whereof  the  under- 
signed plenipotentiaries  have 
drawn  up  the  present  Final  Pro- 
tocol, which  shall  be  of  the  same 
force  and  effect  as  though  the  pro- 
visions thereof  had  been  embodied 
in  the  text  of  the  Convention  itself 
to  which  it  has  reference,  and  they 
have  signed  one  copy  of  the  same, 
which  shall  be  deposited  in  the 
archives  of  the  Imperial  Govern- 
ment of  Germany,  and  a  copy  of 
which  shall  be  transmitted  to  each 
of  the  Parties. 

Done  at  Berlin,  November  3, 
1906. 

For  Germany: 

KRAETKE. 

SYDOW. 
For  United  States: 

CHARLEMAGNE  TOWER. 

H.  N.  MANNEY. 

JAMES  ALLEN. 

JOHN  I.  WATERBURY. 


designees  comme  relevant  de  1'au- 
torite  de  cette  colon ie,  possession 
ou  protectorat. 

VI. 

II  est  pris  acte  de  la  declaration 
suivante: 

La  delegation  italienne  en  si- 
gnant  la  Convention  doit  toutefois 
faire  la  reserve  que  la  Convention 
ne  pourra  etre  ratifiee  de  la  part 
de  PItalie  qu'a  la  date  de  Pexpira- 
tion  de  ses  contrats  ayec  M.  Mar- 
coni et  sa  Compagnie,  ou  a  une 
date  plus  rapprochee  si  le  Gou- 
vernement  du  Roi  d'ltalie  pourra 
la  fixer  par  des  negociations  avec 
M.  Marconi  et  sa  Compagnie. 


VII. 

Dans  le  cas  ou  une  ou  plusieurs 
des  Hautes  Parties  contractantes 
en  ratifieraient  pas  la  Convention, 
celle-ci  n'en  sera  pas  moins  valable 
pour  les  parties  qui  Pauront  rati- 
fiee. 

En  foi  de  quoi,  les  plenipoten- 
tiaires  ci-dessous  ont  dresse  le  pre- 
sent Protocole  final,  qui  aura  la 
meme  force  et  la  meme  valeur  que 
si  ses  dispositions  etaient  inserees 
dans  le  texte  meme  de  la  Conven- 
tion a  laquelle  il  se  rapporte,  et  ils 
Pont  signe  en  un  exeniplaire  qui 
restera  depose  aux  archives  du 
Gouvernement  Imperial  d'Alle- 
rnagne  et  dont  une  copie  sera  re- 
mise a  chaque  Partie. 


Fait  a  Berlin,  le  3  novembre  1906. 

Pour  PAllemagne: 
KRAETKE. 


Pour  les    tats-Unis  d'  Amerique  : 
CHARLEMAGNE  TOWER. 
H.  N.  MANNEY. 
JAMES  ALLEN. 
JOHN  I.  WATERBURY. 


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For  Argentina: 

J.  OLMI. 
For  Austria: 

BARTH. 

FRIES. 
For  Hungaiy: 

PIERRE  DE  SZALAY. 

DR.  DE  HENNYEY. 

HOLL6S. 

For  Belgium : 

F.  DELARGE. 

E.  BUELS. 
For  Brazil: 

CESAR  DE  CAMPOS. 
For  BULGARIA: 

Iv.  STOYANOVITCH. 
For  Chile: 

J.   MUNOZ   HURTADO. 

J.  MEYER. 
For  Denmark: 

N.  R.  MEYER. 

I.  A.  VOEHTZ. 
For  Spain: 

IGNACIO  MURCIA. 

RAM6N  ESTRADA. 

RAFAEL  RAVENA. 

ISIDRO  CALVO. 

MANUEL  NORIEGA. 

ANTONIO  PELAEZ-CAMPO- 

MANES. 
For  France: 

J.    BORDELONGUE. 

L.  GASCHARD. 

BOULANGER. 

A.  DEVOS. 
For  Great  Britain: 

H.  BABINGTON  SMITH. 

A.  E.  BETHELL. 

R.  L.  HIPPISLEY. 
For  Greece: 

T.  ARGYROPOULOS. 
For  Italy: 

J.  COLOMBO. 
For  Japan : 

OSUKE  ASANO. 

ROKURE  YASHIRO. 

SHUNKICHI  KIMURA. 

ZIRO  TANAKA. 

SABURO  HYAKUTAKE. 
For  Mexico: 

JOSE  M.  PEREZ. 
For  Monaco: 

J.  DEPELLEY. 


Pour  P Argentine: 

J.  OLMI. 
Pour  PAutriche: 

BARTH. 

FRIES. 
Pour  la  Hongrie: 

PIERRE  DE  SZALAY. 

DR.  DE  HENNYEY. 

HOLLOS. 
Pour  la  Belgique: 

F.  DELARGE. 

E.  BUELS. 
Pour  le  Bresil: 

CESAR  DE  CAMPOS. 
Pour  la  Bulgarie: 

Iv.  STOYANOVITCH. 
Pour  le  Chili: 

J.  MUNOZ  HURTADO. 

J.  MERY. 
Pour  le  Danemark: 

N.  R.  MEYER. 

I.  A.  VOEHTZ. 
Pour  1'Espagne: 

IGNACIO  MURCIA. 

RAM6N  ESTRADA. 

RAFAEL  RAVENA. 

ISIDRO  CALVO. 

MANUEL  NORIEGA. 

ANTONIO  PELAEZ-CAMPO- 

MANES. 

Pour  la  France: 

J.  BORDELONGUE. 

L.  GASCHARD. 

BOULANGER. 

A.  DEVOS. 
Pour  la  Grande-Britagne: 

H.  BABINGTON  SMITH. 

A.  E.  BETHELL. 

R.  L.  HIPPISLEY. 
Pour  la  Grece: 

T.  ARGYROPOULOS. 
Pour  PItalie: 

J.  COLOMBO. 
Pour  le  Japon: 

OSUKE  ASANO. 

ROKURE  YASHIBO. 

SHUNKICHI  KIMURA. 

ZIRO  TANAKA. 

SABURO  HYAKUTAKE. 
Pour  le  Mexique: 

JOSE  M.  PEREZ. 
Pour  Monaco: 

J.  DEPELLEY. 


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For  Norway: 

HEFTYE. 

O.  T.  EIDEM. 
For  Netherlands: 

KRUYT. 

PERK. 

HOVEN. 
For  Persia: 

HOVHANNES  KHAN. 
For  Portugal: 

PAULO  BENJAMIN CABRAL. 
For  Roumania: 

GR.  CERKEZ. 
For  Russia: 

A.  EICHOLZ. 

A.   EULER. 

VICTOR  BILIBINE. 

A.  REMMERT. 

W.  KEDRINE. 
For  Sweden: 

HERMAN  RYDIN. 

A.  HAMILTON. 
For  Turkey: 

NAZIF  BEY. 
For  Uruguay: 

F.  A."  COSTANZO. 


Pour  la  Norvege: 

HEFTYE. 

O.  T.  EIDEM. 
Pour  les  Pavs-Bas: 

KRUYT. 

PERK. 

HOVEN. 
Pour  la  Perse: 

HOVHANNES  KHAN. 
Pour  le  Portugal: 

PAULO  BENJAMIN  CABRAL. 
Pour  la  Roumanie: 

GR.  CERKEZ.' 
Pour  la  Russie: 

A.  EICHHOLZ. 

A.  EULER. 

VICTOR  BILIBINE. 

A.  REMMERT. 

W.  KEDRINE. 
Pour  la  Suede: 

HERMAN  RYDIN. 

A.  HAMILTON. 
Pour  la  Turquie: 

NAZIF  BEY. 
Pour  P  Uruguay: 

F.  A.  CONSTANZO. 


SERVICE  REGULATIONS 


AFFIXED  TO  THE 


INTERNATIONAL  WIRELESS  TELEGRAPH 
CONVENTION. 

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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


Page. 

1.  Organization  of  wireless  telegraph  stations? 31 

2.  Hours  of  service  of  coastal  stations 35 

.3.  Form  and  posting  of  wireless  telegrams 36 

4.  Rates 37 

5.  Collection  of  charges 37 

6.  Transmission  of  wireless  telegrams  : 

(a)  Signals  of  transmission 38 

(6)  Order  of  transmission 39 

(c)  Method  of  calling  wireless  stations  and  transmission  of  wireless  tele- 

grams   39 

( d)  Acknowledgment  of  receipt  and  conclusion  of  work 43 

(e)  Direction  to  be  followed  in  sending  wireless  telegrams 43 

7.  Delivery  of  wireless  telegrams  at  their  destination 43 

8.  Special  telegrams ; 44 

9.  Files 45 

10.  Rebates  and  reimbursements 45 

11.  Accounts  and  payment  of  charges 46 

12.  International'bureau 48 

13.  Miscellaneous  provisions 49 

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H»07»— 07 4 


REGLEMENT  BE  SERVICE, 

ANNEXE  A  LA 

CONVENTION  RADIOTELEGRAPHIQUE 
INTERNATIONALE. 


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TABLE  DES  MATIERES. 


Page. 

1.  Organisation  des  stations  radiotelegraphiques 31 

2.  Duree  du  service  des  stations  cotieres 35 

3.  Redaction  et  depot  des  radiotelegrammes 36 

4.  1  axation 37 

5.  Perception  des  taxes 37 

6.  Transmission  des  radiotelegrammes: 

(a)  Signaux  de  transmission 38 

(b)  Ordre  de  transmission 39 

(c)  Appel  des  stations  radiotelegraphiques  et  transmission  des  radio- 

trliVrammes 39 

(c?)  Accuse  de  reception  et  fin  du  travail 43 

(e}  Direction  a  donner  aux  radiotelegrammes 43 

7.  Remise  des  radiotelegrammes  a  destination 43 

8.  Telegrammes  speciaux 44 

9.  Archives 45 

10.  Detaxes  et  Remboursements 45 

11.  Comptabilite 46 

12.  Bureau  international 48 

13.  Dispositions  diverses 49 

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SERVICE  REGULATIONS  AN- 
NEXED TO  THE  INTERNA- 
TIONAL WIRELESS  TELE- 
GRAPH CONVENTION. 


REGLEMENT  DE  SERVICE,  AN- 
NEXE A  LA  CONVENTION 
RADIOTELEGRAPHIQUE  IN- 
TERNATIONALE. 


1.    ORGANIZATION    OF    WIRELESS    1.  ORGANISATION     DES     STATIONS 
TELEGRAPH  STATIONS.  RADIOTELEGRAPHIQUES. 


1. 

The  choice  of  wireless  apparatus 
and  devices  to  be  used  by  the 
coastal  stations  and  stations  on 
shipboard  shall  be  unrestricted. 
The  installation  of  such  stations 
shall  as  far  as  possible  keep  pace 
with  scientific  and  technical  prog- 
ress. 

II. 

Two  wave  lengths,  one  of  300 
meters  and  the  other  of  600  meters, 
are  authorized  for  general  public 
service.  Every  coastal  station 
opened  to  such  service  shall  use 
one  or  the  other  of  these  two  wave 
lengths.  During  the  whole  time 
that  a  station  is  open  to  service  it 
shall  be  in  condition  to  receive 
calls  according  to  its  wave  length, 
and  no  other  wave  length' shall  be 
used  by  it  for  the  service  of  gen- 
eral public  correspondence.  Each 
Government  ma}7,  ho  wever,author- 
ize  in  coastal  stations  the  emploj7- 
meut  of  other  wave  lengths  de- 
signed to  insure  long-range  service 
or  any  service  other  than  for  gen- 
eral public  correspondence  estab- 
lished in  conformity  with  the  pro- 
visions of  the  Convention,  pro- 
vided such  wave  lengths  do  not 
exceed  600  meters  or  that  they  do 
exceed  1,600  meters. 


I. 

Le  choix  des  appareils  et  des 
dispositifs  radiotelegraphiques  a 
employer  par  les  stations  cotieres 
et  les  stations  de  bord  est  libre. 
L'installatiori  de  ces  stations  doit 
repondre,  autant  que  possible,  aux 
progres  scientitiques  et  techniques. 


II. 


Deux  longueurs  d'onde,  Fune 
de  300  et  Fautre  de  600  metres, 
sont  admises  pour  le  service  de  la 
correspondance  publique  generale. 
Toute  station  cotiere  ouverte  a  ce 
service  utilise  Tune  on  Fautre  de 
ces  deux  longueurs  d'onde.  Pen- 
dant toute  la  duree  de  son  ouver- 
ture  au  service,  chaque  station  doit 
etre  en  etat  de  recevoir  les  appels 
faits  au  moyen  de  sa  longueur 
d'onde,  et  il  n'y  peut  etre  fait  usage 
d'aucune  autre  longueur  d'onde 
pour  le  service  de  la  correspond- 
ance publique  generale.  Toute- 
fois,  chaque  Gouvernement  peut 
autoriser  Femploi  dans  une  station 
cotiere  d'autres  longueurs  d'onde 
destinees  a  assurer  un  service  de 
longue  portee  ou  un  service  autre 
que  celui  de  la  correspondance 
publique  generale  et  etabli  con- 
formement  aux  dispositions  de  la 
Convention,  a  condition  que  ces 
longueurs  d'onde  ne  depassent  pas 
600  metres  ou  qu'elles  soient  supe- 
rieures  a  1600  metres  * 


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32 


III. 

1.  The  normal  wave  length  for 
stations  on  shipboard  shall  be  300 
meters.     Every  station   on   ship- 
board  shall   be  installed   in  such 
manner  as  to  be  able  to  use  this 
wave  length.     Other  wave  lengths 
may  be  employed  by  such  stations 
provided  the}^  do  not  exceed  600 
meters. 

2.  Vessels     of     small    tonnage 
which  are  unable  to  have  plants 
on  board  insuring  a  wave  length 
of  300  meters  may  be  authorized 
to  use  a  shorter  wave  length. 


IV. 

1.  The  International  Bureau 
shall  be  charged  with  drawing  up 
a  list  of  wireless  telegraph  stations 
of  the  class  referred  to  in  Article 
1  of  the  Convention.  Such  list 
shall  contain  for  each  station  the 
following  data: 

(1)  Name,  nationality,  and  geo- 
graphical location  in  the  case  of 
coastal  stations;  name,  nationality, 
distinguishing  signal  of  the  Inter- 
national Code  and  name  of  ship's 
home  port  in  the  "case  of  stations 
on  shipboard; 

(2)  Call  letters  (the  calls  shall  be 
distinguishable  from  one  another 
and  each  must   be  formed   of    a 
group  of  three  letters); 

(3)  Normal  range; 

(4)  Wireless  telegraph  system; 

(5)  Class  of  receiving  apparatus 
(recording,  acoustic,  or  other  ap- 
paratus); 

(6)  Wave  lengths  used  by  the 
station  (the  normal  wave  length  to 
be  underscored); 

(7)  Nature  of  service  carried  on 
by  the  station: 

General  public  correspondence; 

• 

Limited  public  correspondence 
(correspondence  with  vessels  .  .  . ; 


III. 

1.  La  longueur  d'onde  normale 
pour  les  stations  de  bord  est  de  300 
metres.      Toute   station   de   bord 
doit   etre   installee  de  maniere  a 
pouvoir  se  servir  de  cette  longueur 
d'onde.   D'autres  longueurs  d'onde 
peuvent   etre   employees   par  ces 
stations   a   condition    de    ne    pas 
depasser  600  metres. 

2.  Les  navires  de  fajble  tonnage 
qui   seraient   dans    Pimpossibilite 
materielle  de  realiser  le  dispositif 
assurant  la  longueur  d'onde  de  300 
metres  peuvent  etre   autorises  a 
employer    une    longueur    d'onde 
inferieure. 

IV. 

1.  II  est  precede,  par  les  soins 
du  Bureau  international,  a  Feta- 
blissement  d'une  nomenclature  des 
stations  radiotelegraphiques  visees 
a  Particle  ler  de  la  Convention. 
Cette  nomenclature  donne  pour 
chaque  station  les  renseignements 
suivants: 

1°  nom,  nationalite  et  position 
geographique  pour  les  stations 
coiieres;  nom.  nationalite,  signal 
distinctif  du  Code  international  et 
indication  du  port  d'attache  du 
navire,  pour  les  stations  de  bord; 

2°  indicatif  d'appel  (les  indica- 
tifs  doivent  etre  ditferencies  les 
uns  des  autres  et  chacun  doit  etre 
forme  d'un  groupe  de  trois  let- 
tres) ; 

3°  portee  normale; 

4°  systeme  radiotelegraphique; 

5°  categoric  des  appareils  recep- 
teurs  (appareils  ecrivants,  a  re- 
ception auditive  ou  autres); 

6°  longueurs  d'onde  utilisees 
par  la  station  (la  longueur  d'onde 
normale  est  soulignee); 

7°  nature  du  service  etfectue  par 
la  station: 

Correspondance  publique  gene- 
rale  ; 

Correspondance  publique  re- 
streinte  (correspondance  avec  les 


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correspondence  with  shipping 
lines  .  .  . ;  correspondence  with 
ships  fitted  with  apparatus  of 
the  .  .  .  system,  etc.); 

Long-range  public  correspond- 
ence; 

Correspondence  of  private  in- 
terest; 

Special  correspondence  (exclu- 
sively official  correspondence);  etc. 

(8)  Hours  during  which  the  sta- 
tion is  open; 

(9)  Coas.tal    rate   or   shipboard 
rate. 

2.  The  list  shall  also  contain 
such  data  relating  to  wireless  tele- 
graph stations  other  than  those 
specified  in  Article  1  of  the  Con- 
vention as  may  be  communicated 
to  the  International  Bureau  by^  the 
Management  of  the  Wireless  Tele- 
graph Service  ("  Administration  ") 
to  which  such  stations  are  subject. 


V. 


The  exchange  of  superfluous  sig- 
nals and  words  is  prohibited  to 
stations  of  the  class  referred  to  in 
Article  1  of  the  Convention.  Ex- 
periments and  practice  will  be  per- 
mitted in  such  stations  in  so  far  as 
they  do  not  interfere  with  the  serv- 
ice of  other  stations. 

VI. 

1.  No  station  on  shipboard  shall 
be  established  or  worked  by  pri- 
vate enterprise  without  authority 
from  the  Government  to  which  the 
vessel  is  subject.     Such  authority 
shall  be  in  the  nature  of  a  license 
issued  by  said  Government. 

2.  Every  station  on   shipboard 
that  has  been  so  authorized  shall 
comply  with  the  following  require- 
ments: 

(a)  The  system  employed  shall 
be  a  syntonized  system; 

(b)  The  rate  of  transmission  and 
reception,    under    normal    condi- 


navires  .  .  . ;  correspondance  avec 
les  lignes  de  navigation  de  .  .  .; 
correspondance  avec  les  navires- 
munis  munis  d'appareils  du  sys- 
teme .  .  .  etc.); 

Correspondance  publique  de 
longue  portee; 

Correspondance  d'interet  prive; 

Correspondance  speciale  (cor- 
respondance exclusivement  offi- 
cielle);  etc. 

8°  heures  d'ouverture; 

9°  taxe  cotiere  ou  de  bord. 

2.  Sont  compris,  en  outre,  dans 
la  nomenclature  les  renseigne- 
ments  relatifs  aux  stations  radio- 
telegraphiques  autres  que  celles 
visees  a  Particle  lcr  de  la  Conven- 
tion qui  sont  communiques  au 
Bureau  international  par  PAdmi- 
nistration  dont  dependent  ces  sta- 
tions. 


V. 


L'echange  de  signaux  et  de  mots 
superflus  est  interdit  aux  stations 
visees  a  Particle  ler  de  la  Conven- 
tion. Des  essais  et  des  exercices 
ne  sont  toleres  dans  ces  stations 
qu'autant  qu'ils  ne  troublent  point 
le  service  d'autres  stations. 


VI. 

Aucune  station  de  bord  ne  peut 
etre  etablie  ou  exploitee  par  une 
entreprise  privee  sans  autorisation 
du  Gouvernement  dont  depend  le 
navire.  Cette  autorisation  fait 
Pobjet  d'une  licence  delivree  par 
ce  Gouvernement. 

2.  Toute  station  de  bord  auto- 
risee  doit  satisfaire  aux  conditions 
suivantes: 

(a)  le  systeme  employe  doit  etre 
un  systeme  syntonise; 

(b)  la  vistesse    de  transmission 
et  de  reception,  dans  les  circons- 


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tions,  shall  not  be  less  than  twelve 
words  a  minute,  words  to  be 
counted  at  the  rate  of  live  letters 
each,; 

(c)  The  power  transmitted  to  the 
wireless  telegraph  apparatus  shall 
not,  under  normal  conditions,  ex- 
ceed one  kilowatt.  Power  exceed- 
ing one  kilowatt  may  be  employed 
when  the  vessel  finds  it  necessary  to 
correspond  while  more  than  300 
kilometers  distant  from  the  near- 
est coastal  station,  or  when,  owing 
to  obstructions,  communication 
can  be  established  only  by  means 
of  an  increase  of  power. 

3.  The  service  of  the  station  on 
shipboard  shall  be  carried  on  by  a 
telegraph  operator  holding  a  cer- 
tificate issued  by  the  Government 
to   which   the   vessel    is   subject. 
Such    certificate    shall  attest  the 
professional  efficienc}7  of  the  oper- 
ator as  regards: 

(a)  Adjustment  of   the  appara- 
tus; 

(b)  Transmission   and    acoustic 
reception  at  the  rate  of   not  less 
than  20  words  a  minute; 

(c)  Knowledge   of   the    regula- 
tions governing  the  exchange  of 
wireless     telegraph    correspond- 
ence. 

4.  The  certificate  shall  further- 
more state  that  the  Government 
has  bound  the  operator  to  secrecy 
with  regard  to  the  correspondence. 

VII. 

If  the  management  of  the  wire- 
less telegraph  service  of  a  coun- 
try has  knowledge  of  an}7  infrac- 
tion of  the  Convention  or  of  the 
Regulations  committed  in  any  of 
the  stations  authorized  by  it,  it 
shall  ascertain  the  facts  and  fix  the 
responsibilit}7. 

In  the  case  of  stations  on  ship- 
board, if  the  operator  is  responsi- 
ble for  such  infraction,  the  man- 
agement of  the  wireless  telegraph 


tances  normales,  ne  doit  pas  etre 
inferieure  a  12  mots  par  minute, 
le  mot  etant  compte  a  raison  de  5 
lettres; 

(c)  la  puissance  transmise  a  Fap- 
pareil  radiotelegraphique  ne  doit 
pas,  dans  les  circonstances  nor- 
males, depasser  un  kilowatt.  Une 
puissance  superieure  a  un  kilowatt 
peut  etre  employee  si  le  navire  se 
trouve  dans  la  necessite  de  corres- 
pondre  a  une  distance  de  plus  de 
300  kilometres  de  la  station  cotiere 
la  plus  rapprochee,  ou  si,  par  suite 
d'obstacles,  la  communication  ne 
peut  etre  realisee  qu'au  moyen 
d'une  augmentation  de  puissance. 

3.  Le  service  de  la  station  de 
bord  doit  etre  assure  par  un  tele- 
graphiste  possesseur  d'un  certificat 
delivre  par  le  Gouvernement  dont 
depend   le   navire.     Ce   certificat 
constate  la  valeur  professionnelle 
du   telegraphiste   en   ce  qui  con- 
cerne : 

(a)  le  reglage  des  appareils, 

(&)  la  transmission  et  la  recep- 
tion auditive  a  une  vitesse  qui  ne 
doit  pas  etre  inferieure  a  20  mots 
par  minute, 

(c)  la  connaissance  des  regle- 
rnents  applicables  a  1'echange  des 
communications  radiotelegraphi- 
ques. 

4.  En  outre,  le  certificat  constate 
que  le  Gouvernement  a  sounds  le 
telegraphiste     a     Fobligation    du 
secret  des  correspondances. 

VII. 

1.  Si  -une  Administration  a  con- 
naissance d'une  infraction  a  la 
Convention  ou  au  Reglement  com- 
mise  dans  une  des  stations  qu'elle 
a  autorisees,  elle  constate  les  faits 
et  fixe  les  responsabilites. 


En  ce  qui  concerne  les  stations 
de  bord,  si  la  responsabilite 
incombe  au  telegraphiste,  i'Ad- 
ministration  prend  les  mesures 


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service  shall  take  the  necessary 
measures  and,  if  the  necessity 
should  arise,  withdraw  the  certifi- 
cate. If  it  is  ascertained  that  the 
infraction  is  the  result  of  the  con- 
dition of  the  apparatus  or  of  in- 
structions given  the  operator,  the 
same  method  shall  be  pursued  with 
regard  to  the  license  issued  to 
the  vessel. 

2.  In  cases  of  repeated  infrac- 
tions chargeable  to  the  same  ves- 
sel, if  the  representations  made  to 
the  wireless  telegraph  management 
of  the  country  to  which  the  vessel 
is  subject  b}^  that  of  another  coun- 
try remain  without  effect,  the  lat- 
ter shall  be  at  liberty,  after  giving 
due  notice,  to  authorize  its  coastal 
stations  not  to  accept  communica- 
tions proceeding  from  the  vessel  at 
fault.  In  case  of  disagreement  be- 
tween the  managements  of  the 
wireless  telegraph  service  of  two 
countries,  the  question  shall  be  sub- 
mitted to  arbitration  at  the  request 
of  either  of  the  two  Governments 
at  issue.  The  procedure  in  such 
case  shall  be  the  same  as  indicated 
in  Article  18  of  the  Convention. 

2.  HOURS  OF  SERVICE  OF  COASTAL 
STATIONS. 

VIII. 

1 .  The  service  of  coastal  stations 
shall,  as  far  as   possible,  be  con- 
stant, da}^  and  night,  without  in- 
terruption. 

Certain  coastal  stations,  how- 
ever, may  have  a  service  of  limited 
duration.  The  management  of  the 
wireless  telegraph  service  of  each 
country  shall  fix  the  hours  of 
service. 

2.  The   coastal    stations   whose 
service   is  not  constant  shall  not 
close  before  having  transmitted  all 
their   wireless    telegrams  to    the 
vessels  which    are    within    their 
radius  of  action,  nor  before  having 
received  from  such  vessels  all  the 
wireless  telegrams  of  which  notice 


necessaires,  et,  le  cas  echeant, 
retire  le  certificat.  S'il  est  con- 
state que  1'infraction  resulte  de 
1'etat  des  appareils  ou  d'instruc- 
tions  donnees  au  telegraphiste,  il 
est  precede  de  meme  a  I'egard  de 
la  licence  accordee  au  navire. 


2.  Dans  le  cas  d'infractions  rei- 
terees  a  la  charge  du  meme  navire, 
si  les  representations  faites  a  1'Ad- 
ministration  dont  depend  le  navire 
par  une  autre  Administration  res- 
tent  sans  effet,  celle-ci  a  la  faculte, 
apres  en  avoir  donne  avis,  d'auto- 
riser  ses  stations  cotieres  a  ne  pas 
accepter  les  communications  pro- 
venant  du  navire  en  cause.  En 
cas  de  differend  entre  les  deux 
Administrations,  la  question  est 
soumise  a  un  jugement  arbitral  a 
la  demande  de  Pun  des  Gouverne- 
ments  en  cause.  La  procedure  est 
celle  indiquee  a  Particle  18  de  la 
Convention. 


2.    DUREE     DU    SERVICE    DES    STA- 
TIONS  COTIERES. 

-  VIII. 

1.  Le  service  des  stations  co- 
tieres est,  autant  que  possible,  per- 
manent, le  jour  et  la  nuit,  sans 
interruption. 

Toutefois  certaines  stations  co- 
tieres peuyent  avoir  un  service  de 
duree  limitee.  Chaque  Adminis- 
tration h'xe  les  heures  de  service. 


2.  Les  stations  cotieres  dont  le 
service  n'est  point  permanent  ne 
peuvent  prendre  cloture  avant 
d'avoir  transmis  tous  leurs  radio- 
telegrammes  aux  navires  qui  se 
trouvent  dans  leur  rayon  d'action 
et  avant  d'avoir  recu  de  ces  na- 
vires tous  les  radiotelegrammes 


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has  been  given.  This  provision  is 
likewise  applicable  when  vessels 
signal  their  presence  before  the 
actual  cessation  of  work. 


3.    FORM    AND    POSTING     OF    WIRE- 
LESS TELEGRAMS. 

IX. 

If  the  route  of  a  wireless  tele- 
gram is  partly  over  telegraph  lines, 
or  through  wireless  telegraph  sta- 
tions subject  to  a  non-contracting 
Government,  such  telegram  may 
be  transmitted  provided  the  man- 
agements of  the  wireless  telegraph 
service  to  which  such  lines  or  sta- 
tions are  subject  have  declared 
that,  if  the  occasion  should  arise, 
they  will  comply  with  such  provi- 
sions of  the  Convention  and  of  the 
Regulations  as  are  indispensable  to 
the  regular  transmission  of  wireless 
telegrams  and  that  the  payment 
of  charges  is  insured. 


X. 


1.  Wireless  telegrams  shall  show 
in  the  preamble  that  the  service  is 
u wireless"  ("radio"). 

2.  In  the  transmission  of  wire- 
less telegrams  of   shipboard  sta- 
tions to  coastal  stations,  the  date 
and  hour  of  posting  may  be  omitted 
in  the  preamble. 

Upon  reforwarding  a  wireless 
telegram  over  the  telegraph  sys- 
tem, the  coastal  station  shall  show 
thereon  its  own  name  as  the  office 
of  origin,  followed  by  that  of  the 
vessel,  and  shall  state,  as  the  hour 
of  posting,  the  hour  when  the  tele- 
gram was  received  by  it. 

XL 

The  address  of  wireless  tele- 
grams intended  for  ships  at  sea 
shall  be  as  complete  as  possible. 


annonces.  Cette  disposition  est 
egalement  applicable  lorsque  des 
navires  signalent  leur  presence 
avant  la  cessation  effective  du 
travail. 

3.  REDACTION   ET  DEPOT  DES  RA- 
DIOTELEGRAMMES. 

IX. 

Si  le  parcours  d'un  radiotele- 
gramme  s'effectue  en*  partie  sur 
des  lignes  telegraphiques  ou  par 
des  stations  radiotelegraphiques 
relevant  d'un  Gouvernement  non 
contractant,  il  peut  etre  donne 
cours  a  ce  radiotelegramme,  sous 
la  reserve,  tout  au  moins,  que  les 
Administrations  dont  dependent 
ces  lignes  ou  ces  stations  aient 
declare  vouloir  appliquer,  le  cas 
echeant,  les  dispositions  de  la  Con- 
vention et  du  Reglement  qui  sont 
indispensables  pour  Pachemine- 
ment  regulier  des  radiotele- 
gramtnes  et  que  la  comptabilite 
soit  assuree. 

X. 

1.  Les   radiotelegrammes    por- 
tent en  preambule  la  mention  de 
service  "Radio." 

2.  Dans  la  transmission  des  ra- 
dietelegrammes    des    stations   de 
bord  aux  stations  cotieres,  il  est 
fait   abstraction,  dans   le   pream- 
bule, de  la  date  et  de  1'heure  de 
depot. 

A  la  reexpedition  sur  le  reseau 
telegraphique,  la  station  cotiere 
inscrit,comme  indication  du  bureau 
d'origine,  son  nom  suivi  de  celui 
du  navire  et  elle  donne,  comme 
heure  de  depot,  Pheure  de  recep- 
tion. 


XI. 

L'adresse  des  radiotelegrammes 
destines  aux  navires  en  mer  doit 
etre  aussi  complete  que  possible. 


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It  shall  embrace  the  following: 

(a)  The  name  of  the  addressee, 
with  additional  designations  if  any ; 

(b)  The  name  of  the  vessel  as  it 
appears  in  the  list,  supplemented 
by  her  nationality  and,  if  neces- 
sary, by  her  distinguishing  signal 
of  the  International  Code,  in  case 
there  are  several  vessels   of   the 
same  name; 

(c)  The    name    of    the   coastal 
station  as  it  appears  in  the  list. 

4.  RATES. 
XII. 

The  coastal  rate  shall  not  exceed 
60  centimes  (11.6  cents)  a  word, 
and  the  shipboard  rate  shall  not 
exceed  40  centimes  (7.7  cents)  a 
word. 

A  minimum  rate  per  telegram, 
not  to  exceed  the  coastal  rate  or 
shipboard  rate  for  a  wireless  tele- 
gram of  ten  words,  m&y  be  im- 
posed as  coastal  or  shipboard  rate. 


X11I. 

The  country  within  whose  ter- 
ritory a  coastal  station  is  estab- 
lished which  serves  as  intermediary 
for  the  exchange  of  wireless  tele- 
grams between  a  station  on  board 
ship  and  another  country  shall  be 
considered,  so  far  as  the  applica- 
tion of  telegraph  rates  is  con- 
cerned, as  the  country  of  origin 
or  of  destination  of  such  tele- 
grams, and  not  as  the  country  of 
transit. 

5.  COLLECTION  OF  CHARGES. 
XIV. 

The  total  charge  for  wireless 
telegrams  shall  be  collected  of  the 
sender. 

Stations  on  shipboard  shall  to 
that  end  have  the  necessary  tariffs. 


Elle   est  obligatoirement   libellee 
comme  suit: 

(a)  nom  du  destinataire  avec  in- 
dication complementaire,  s'il  y  a 
lieu; 

(b)  nom  du  navire,  tel  qu'il  fi- 
gure a  la  nomenclature,  complete 
par  la  nationalite  et,   au  besoin, 
par    le  signal   distinctif  du  Code 
international,  en  cas  d'homon}nme; 


(c)  nom  de  la  station  cotiere,  tel 
qu'il  figure  a  la  nomenclature. 

4.  TAXATION. 
XII. 

La  taxe  cotiere  ne  peut  depasser 
60  centimes  par  mot,  celle  de  bord 
40  centimes  par  mot. 


Un  minimum  de  taxe,  qui  ne 
peut  depasser  la  taxe  cotiere  ou  de 
bord  d'un  radiotelegramme  de  10 
mots,  peut  etre  impose  en  ce  qui 
concerne  les  taxes  cotiere  ou  de 
bord. 

XIII. 

Le  pays  sur  le  territoire  duquel 
est  etablie  une  station  cotiere  ser- 
vant d'intermediaire  pour  1'e- 
change  de  radiotelegrammes  entre 
une  station  de  bord  et  un  autre 
pays  est  considere,  en  ce  qui  con- 
cerne Papplication  des  taxes  tele- 
graphiques,  comme  pa\^s  de  prove- 
nance ou  de  destination  de  ces 
radiotelegrammes  et  non  comme 
pays  de  transit. 


5.  PERCEPTION  DES  TAXES. 
XIV. 

La  taxe  totale  des  radiotele- 
grammes est  percue  sur  1'expedi- 
teur. 

Les  stations  de  bord  doivent  pos- 
seder  a  cet  effet  les  tarifs  utiles. 


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They  shall  be  at  liberty,  however, 
to  obtain  information  from  coastal 
stations  on  the  subject  of  rates  for 
wireless  telegrams  for  which  they 
do  riot  possess  all  the  necessary 
data. 

6.  TRANSMISSION  OF  WIRELESS 
TELEGRAMS. 


Elles  ont  toutefois  la  faculte  de 
se  renseigner  aupres  des  stations 
cotieres  au  sujet  de  la  taxation  de 
radiotelegrammes  pour  lesquels 
elles  ne  possedent  pas  toutes  les 
donnees  necessaires. 

6.  TRANSMISSION   DES  RADIO- 
TELEGRAMMES. 


a.    SIGNALS   OF   TRANSMISSION. 

XV. 

The  signals  to  be  employed  are 
those  of  the  Morse  International 
Code. 

XVI. 

Ships  in  distress  shall  use  the 
following  signal: 


repeated  at  brief  intervals. 

As  soon  as  a  station  perceives 
the  signal  of  distress  it  shall  cease 
all  correspondence  and  not  re- 
sume it  until  after  it  has  made 
sure  that  the  correspondence  to 
which  the  call  for  assistance  has 
given  rise  is  terminated. 

In  case  the  ship  in  distress  adds 
at  the  end  of  the  series  of  her  calls 
the  call  letters  of  a  particular  sta- 
tion the  answer  to  the  call  shall 
be  incumbent  upon  that  station 
alone.  If  the  call  for  assistance 
does  not  specify  any  particular 
station,  every  station  perceiving 
such  call  shall  be  bound  to  an- 
swer it. 

XVII. 

1.  The  call  letters  following  the 
letters 


a.    SIGNAUX    DE    TRANSMISSION. 

XV. 

Les  signaux  employes  sont  ceux 
du  Code  Morse  international. 

XVI. 

Les  navires  en  detresse  font 
usage  du  signal  suivant: 

•  •  •  HHHBBBI  •  •  • 

repete  a  de  courts  intervalles. 

Des  qu'une  station  percoit  le 
signal  de  detresse,  elle  doit  sus- 
pendre  toute  correspondance  et  ne 
ia  reprendre  qu'apres  avoir  acquis 
la  certitude  que  la  communication, 
motivee  par  Pappel  de  secours,  est 
terminee. 

Dans  le  cas  ou  le  navire  en  de- 
tresse ajoute  a  la  tin  de  la  serie  de 
ses  appels  de  secours  Pindicatif 
d'appel  d'une  station  determinee, 
la  reponse  a  Pappel  n'appartient 
qu'a  cette  derniere  station.  A 
defaut  de  Pindication  d'une  sta- 
tion determinee  dans  Pappel  de 
secours,  chaque  station  qui  percoit 
cet  appel  est  tenue  d'y  repondre. 

XVII. 

1.  L'indicatif  d'appel,  suivi  des 
lettres 


"PR  B"  signify  that  the  vessel 
or  station  making  the  call  desires 
to  communicate  with  the  station 
called  by  means  of  the  Interna- 
tional Signal  Code. 


UP  R  B,"  signine  que  le  navire 
ou  la  station  faisant  Pappel  desire 
communiquer  avec  la  station  ap- 
pelee  a  Paide  du  Code  internatio- 
nal de  signaux. 


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The  combination  of  the  letters 
P  R  B  as  a  service  signal  for  any 
other  purpose  than  that  specified 
above  is  prohibited. 

2.  Wireless  telegrams  may  be 
framed  with  the  aid  of  the  Inter- 
national Signal  Code. 

Those  addressed  to'  a  wireless 
telegraph  station  with  a  view  to 
being  forwarded  by  it  are  not  to 
be  translated  by  such  station. 

7).    ORDER   OF   TRANSMISSION. 

XVIII. 

Between  two  stations  wireless 
telegrams  of  the  same  order  shall 
be  transmitted  one  by  one,  by  the. 
two  stations  alternately,  or  in  se- 
ries of  several  telegrams,  as  the 
coastal  station  ma}7  indicate,  pro- 
vided the  duration  of  the  trans- 
mission of  each  series  does  not  ex- 
ceed twenty  minutes. 

C.  METHOD  OF  CALLING  WIRELESS 
STATIONS  AND  TRANSMISSION  OF 
WIRELESS  TELEGRAMS. 

XIX. 

1.  As  a  general  rule,  it  shall  be 
the  shipboard  station  that  calls  the 
coastal  station. 

2.  The  call  should  be  made,  as  a 
general  rule,  only  when  the  dis- 
tance of  the  vessel  from  the  coastal 
station  is  less  than  75  per  cent  of 
the  normal  range  of  the  latter. 

3.  Before  proceeding  to  a  call, 
the  station  on  shipboard  shall  ad- 
just its  receiving  apparatus  to  its 
maximum    sensibility    and    make 
sure  that  the  coastal  station  which 
it  wishes  to  call  up  is  not  in  corre- 
spondence with  any  other  station. 
If  it  finds  that  any  transmission  is 
in  progress,  it  shall  wait  for  the 
first  pause. 

4.  The  shipboard   station  shall 
use  for  calling  the  normal  wave  of 
the  coastal  station. 


La  combinaisondes  lettres  PR  B 
est  interdite,  comme  indication  de 
service,  pour  tout  autre  objet  que 
celui  indique  ci-dessus. 

2.  Les  radiotelegrammes  peu- 
vent  etre  rediges  a  Faide  du  Code 
international  de  signaux. 

Ceux  qui  sont  adresses  a  une 
station  radiotelegraphique  en  vue 
d'une  transmission  ulterieure  ne 
sont  pas  traduits  par  cette  station. 

b.    ORDRE    DE    TRANSMISSION. 

XVIII. 

Entre  deux  stations,  les  radio- 
telegrammes de  meme  rang  sont 
transmis  isolement  dans  Forclre 
alternatif  on  par  series  de  plusieurs 
radiotelegrammes  suivant  Vindica- 
tion de  la  station  cotiere,  a  la  con- 
dition que  la  duree  de  la  trans- 
mission de  chaque  serie  ne  depasse 
pas  20  minutes. 

C.  APPEL  DES  STATIONS  RADIOTELE- 
GRAPHIQUES  ET  TRANSMISSION 
DES  RADIOTELEGRAMMES. 

XIX. 

1.  En   regie   generale,  c'est   la 
station  de  bord  qui  appelle  la  sta- 
tion cotiere. 

2.  L'appel  ne  peut  etre  fait,  en 
regie    generale,    que    lorsque    le 
navire  se  trouve  a  une  distance  de 
la  station  cotiere  inferieure  a  75 
pour  cent  de  la  portee  normale  de 
cette  derniere. 

3.  Avant  de  proceder  a  un  appel, 
la  station  de  bord  doit  regler  le 
plus    sensiblement     possible    son 
systeme  recepteur  et  s'assurer  que 
la  station  cotiere  qu'elle  veut  ap- 

ler  n'est  pas  en  communication, 
i  elle  constate  qirune  transmis- 
sion est  en  cours,  elle  attend  la 
premiere  suspension. 

4.  La  station  de  bord  fait  em- 
ploi,  pour  Tappel,  de  Ponde  nor- 
male de  la  station  cotiere. 


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5.  If  in  spite  of  these  precau- 
tions the  public  exchange  of  wire- 
less telegrams  is  impeded  at  any 
place,  the  call  shall  cease  upon  the 
first'request  from  a  coastal  station 
open  to  public  correspondence. 
The  latter  station  shall  in  such  case 
indicate  the  approximate  length 
of  time  it  will  be  necessaiy  to  wait. 

XX. 

1.  The  call  shall  comprise  the 
signal 


5.  Si,  malgre  ces  precautions, 
un  echange  radiotelegraphique 
public  est  entrave,  1'appel  doit 
cesser  a  la  premiere  demande  d'une 
station  cotiere  ouverte  a  la  corres- 
pondance  publique.  Cette  station 
doit  alors  indiquer  la  duree  ap- 
proximative de  Pattente. 


1.  L'appel  comporte   le   signal 


the  call  letters  of  the  station  called 
repeated  three  times,  the  word 
"from"  ("de")  followed  by  the 
call  letters  of  the  sending  station 
repeated  three  times. 

2.  The  called   station  shall  an- 
swer by  making  the  signal 

followed  by  the  call  letters  of  the 
corresponding  station  repeated 
three  times,  the  word  "from,"  its 
own  call  letters,  and  the  signal 


Findicatif  repete  trois  fois  de  la 
station  appelee,  le  mot  "de"  suivi 
de   Findicatif  de  la  station  expe- 
•  ditrice  repete  trois  fois. 

2.  La  station  appelee  repond  en 
donnant  le  signal 

suivi  de  Pindicatif  repete  trois  fois 
de  la  station  correspondante,  du 
mot  "de",  de  son  indicatif  et  du 
signal 


XXI. 

If  a  station  called  does  not  an- 
swer the  call  (Article  XX)  re- 
peated three  times  at  intervals  of 
two  minutes,  the  call  shall,  not  be 
resumed  until  after  an  interval  of 
half  an  hour,  the  station  issuing 
the  call  having  first  made  sure  that 
no  wireless  telegraph  correspond- 
ence is  in  progress. 

XXII. 

1.  As  soon  as  the  coastal  station 
has  answered,  the  shipboard  sta- 
tion shall  make  known  to  it: 

(a)  The  distance   of   the  vessel 
from  the  coastal  station  in  nautical 
miles; 

(b)  Her  true  bearing  in  degrees 
counted  from  0  to  360; 

(c)  Her  true  course  in  degrees 
counted  from  0  to  360; 

(d)  Her  speed  in  nautical  miles; 


XXI. 

Si  une  station  appelee  ne  repond 
pas  a  la  suite  de  Pappel  (article 
XX)  repete  3  fois  a  des  intervalles 
de  2  minutes,  Pappel  ne  peut  etre 
repris  qu'apres  un  intervalle  d'une 
demi-heure,  la  station  faisant  Pap- 
pel s'etant  d'abord  assuree  qu'au- 
cune  communication  radiotelegra- 
phique n'est  en  cours. 

XXII. 

1.  Aussitot  que  la  station  co- 
tiere a  repondu,  la  station  de  bord 
fait  connaitre: 

(a)  la  distance  du  navire  a  la 
station  cotiere  en  milles  nautiques, 

(b)  le  relevement  vrai  en  degres 
comptes  de  Oa  360, 

(c)  la     route     vrai    en    degres 
comptes  de  0  a  360, 

(d)  la    vitesse    en  milles   nau- 
tiques, 


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(e)  The  number  of  words  she 
has  to  transmit. 

2.  The  coastal  station  shall  an- 
swer, stating  the  number  of  words 
to  be  transmitted  to  the  vessel. 

3.  If  the  transmission  can  not 
take  place  immediately,  the  coastal 
station   shall    inform   the   station 
on  shipboard  of  the  approximate 
length  of  time  that  it  will  be  nec- 
essary to  wait. 

XXIII. 

When  a  coastal  station  receives 
calls  from  several  shipboard  sta- 
tions, the  coastal  station  shall 
decide  the  order  in  which  the  ship- 
board stations  shall  be  admitted 
to  exchange  their  messages. 

In  fixing  this  order  the  coastal 
station  shall  be  guided  exclusively 
by  the  necessity  of  permitting  each 
station  concerned  to  exchange  the 
greatest  possible  number  of  wire- 
less telegrams. 

XXIV. 

Before  beginning  the  exchange  of 
correspondence  the  coastal  station 
shall  advise  the  shipboard  station 
whether  the  transmission  is  to  be 
effected  in  the  alternate  order  or 
by  series  (Article  XVIII);  it  shall 
then  begin  the  transmission  or  fol- 
low up  the  preliminaries  with  the 
signal 


(e)  le  nombre  de  mots  qu'elle  a 
a  transmettre. 

2.  La  station  cotiere  re  pond  en 
indi quant   le   nombre   de  mots   a 
transmettre  au  navire. 

3.  Si   la   transmission    ne  pent 
avoir  lieu  immediate ment,  la  sta- 
tion cotiere  fait  connaitre  a  la  sta- 
tion de  bord  la  duree  approxima- 
tive de  I'attente. 


XXIII. 

Lorsqu'une  station  cotiere  est 
saisie  d'appels  provenant  de  plu- 
sieurs  stations  de  bord,  la  station 
cotiere  decide  de  1'ordre  dans 
lequel  les  stations  de  bord  seront 
admises  a  echanger  leurs  corre- 
spondances. 

Pour  regler  cet  ordre,  la  station 
cotiere  s'inspire  uniquement  de  la 
necessite  de  permettre  a  toute  sta- 
tion interessee  d'echanger  le  plus 
grand  nombre  possible  de  radio- 
telegram  mes. 

XXIV. 

Avant  de  commencer  Pechange 
de  la  correspondance,  la  station 
cotiere  fait  connaitre  a  la  station 
de  bord  si  la  transmission  doit 
s'effectuer  dans  Tordre  alternatif 
ou  par  series  (article  XVIII);  elle 
commence  ensuite  la  transmission 
ou  fait  suivre  ces  indications  du 
signal 


(invitation  to  transmit). 
XXV. 

The  transmission  of  the  wireless 
telegram  shall  be  preceded  by  the 
signal 


(invitation  a  transmettre). 
XXV. 

La   transmission   du   radiotele- 
gramme   est  precedee   du    signal 


and  terminated  by  the  signal 
•  ••  •  mm  • 

followed  by  the  name  of  the  send- 
ing station. 


et  terminee  par  le  signal 

suivi   de  1'indicatif  de  la  station 
expeditrice. 


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XXVI. 

When  a  wireless  telegram  to  be 
transmitted  contains  more  than  40 
words,  the  sending  station  shall 
interrupt  the  transmission  after 
each  series  of  about  20  words  by 
an  interrogation  point 

and  shall  not  resume  it  until  after 
it  has  obtained  from  the  receiving 
station  a  repetition  of  the  last 
word  duly  received,  followed  by 
an  interrogation  point. 

In  the  case  of  transmission  by 
series,  acknowledgment  of  receipt 
shall  be  made  after  each  wireless 
telegram. 

XXVII. 

1.  When    the    signals    become 
doubtful    every    possible    means 
shall  be  resorted  to  to  finish  the 
transmission.      To    this    end   the 
wireless  telegram  shall  be  repeated 
at  the  request  of  the  receiving  sta- 
tion, but  not  to  exceed  three  times. 
If  in  spite  of  such  triple  repetition 
the  signals  are  still  unreadable  the 
wireless   telegram    shall    be   can- 
celed.    If  no  acknowledgment  of 
receipt  is  received  the  transmitting 
station  shall  again  call  up  the  re- 
ceiving  station.      If   no  reply   is 
made  after  three  calls  the  trans- 
mission shall   not   be  followed  up 
an}7  further. 

2.  If  in  the  opinion  of  the  receiv- 
ing station  the  wireless  telegram, 
although  imperfectly  received,  is 
nevertheless  capable  of  transmis- 
sion, said  station  shall  enter  the 
words  ' '  reception  doubtful "  at  the 
end  of  the  preamble  and  let  the 
wireless  telegram  follow. 

XXVIII. 

All  stations  are  bound  to  carry 
on  the  service  with  as  little  expense 
of  energy  as  may  be  necessary  to 
insure  safe  communication. 


XXVI. 

Lorsque  le  radiotelegramme  a 
transmettre  contient  plus  de  40 
mots,  la  station  expeditrice  in- 
terrompt  la  transmission  apres 
chaque  serie  de  20. mots  environ 
par  un  point  d'interrogation 


et  elle  ne  reprend  la  transmission 
qu'apres  avoir  obtenu  de  la  station 
correspondante  la  repetition  du 
dernier  mot  bien  recft  suivi  d'un 
point  interrogation. 

Dans  le  cas  de  transmission  par 
series,  1'accuse  de  reception  est 
donne  apres  chaque  radiotele- 
gramme. 

XXVII. 

1.  Lorsque  les  signaux  devien- 
nent  douteux,  il  imports  d'avoir 
recours  a  toutes  les  ressources  pos- 
sibles   pour   1'achevement    de    la 
transmission.     A  cet  effet,  le  ra- 
diotelegramme   est   repete,    a    la 
demande  de  la  station  receptrice, 
sans  toutefois  depasser  trois  repe- 
titions.    Si,    malgre   cette   triple 
transmission,    les     signaux     sont 
toujours    illisibles,    le    radiotele- 
gramme  est  annule.     Si   Paccuse 
de  reception  n'est  pas  recu,  la  sta- 
tion transmettrice  appelle  de  nou- 
veau    la   station    correspondante. 
Si  aucune  reponse  n'est  faite  apres 
trois  appels,  la  transmission  n'est 
pas  poursuivie. 

2.  Si  la  station  receptrice  juge 
que,  malgre  une  reception  defec- 
tueuse,  le  radiotelegramme   peut 
etre  remis,  elle  inscrit  la  mention 
de  service:  *'  Reception  douteuse " 
a  la  fin  du  preambule  et  donne 
cours  au  radiotelegramme. 


XXVIII. 

Toutes  les  stations  sont  tenues 
d'echanger  le  trafic  avec  le  mini- 
mum de  depense  d'energie  neces- 
saire  pour  assurer  une  bonne 
communication. 


d.    ACKNOWLEDGMENT   OF   RECEIPT 
AND  CONCLUSION  OF  WORK. 

XXIX. 

1.  Receipt  shall  be  acknowledged 
in  the  form  prescribed  by  the  Inter- 
national   Telegraph   Regulations, 
preceded  b}T  the  call  letters  of  the 
transmitting  station  and  followed 
by  those  of  the  receiving  station. 

2.  The  conclusion    of   a   corre- 
spondence  between    two    stations 
shall  be  indicated  by  each  station 
by  means  of  the  signal 

•  •  •  BOM  •  was 

followed  bv  its  call  letters. 


d.    ACCUSE    DE     RECEPTION    ET    FIN 
DU    TRAVAIL. 

XXIX. 

1.  L'accuse     de     reception    se 
donne  dans  la  forme  prescrite  par 
le  Reglement  telegraphique  inter- 
national precede  de  Pindicatif  de 
la   station   transmettrice  et  suivi 
de  Pindicatif  de  la  station  recep- 
trice. 

2.  La  fin  du  travail  entre  deux 
stations  est  indiquee  par  chaque 
station  au  mo}ren  du  signal 


suivi  de  son  indicatif. 


e.    DIRECTIONS   TO  BE   FOLLOWED 

IN    SENDING  WIRELESS  TELEGRAMS. 

XXX. 

1.  In  general,  the  shipboard  sta- 
tions shall  transmit  their  wireless 
telegrams  to  the    nearest    coastal 
station. 

2.  A  sender  on  board   a   vessel 
shall,     however,    have    the    right 
to   designate    the    coastal    station 
through  which  he  desires  to  have 
his  wireless  telegram  transmitted. 

3.  The  station  on  shipboard  shall 
then  wait  until  such  coastal  station 
shall  be  the  nearest.      If  this  can 
not   be  done,  the  wishes    of   the 
sender   are  to   be    complied  with 
only    if    the  transmission    can  be 
effected  without  interfering  with 
the  service  of  other  stations. 

7.  DELIVERY  OF  WIRELESS  TELE- 
GRAMS AT  THEIR  DESTINATION. 

XXXI. 

When  for  any  cause  whatever  a 
wireless  telegram  proceeding  from 
a  vessel  at  sea  can  not  be  delivered 
to  the  addressee,  a  notice  of  non- 
delivery shall  be  issued.  Such 


e.  DIRECTION  A  DONNER  AUX  RA- 

DIOTELEGRAMMES. 

XXX. 

1.  En  principe,  la  station  de 
bord  transmet  ses  radiotele- 
grammes  a  la  station  cotiere  la 
plus  rapprochee. 

-2.  Toutefois  un  expediteur  a 
bord  d'un  navire  a  le  droit  cPin- 
diquer  la  station  cotiere  par 
laquelle  il  desire  que  son  radio- 
toU'granime  soit  expedie. 

La  station  de  bord  attend  alors 
jusqu'a  ce  que  cettc  station  cotiere 
soit  la  plus  rapprochee.  Si  cette 
condition  n'est  pas  realisable,  il 
n'est  donne  satisfaction  a  1'expe- 
diteur  que  si  la  transmission  peut 
s'etfectuer  sans  troubler  le  service 
d'autres  stations. 

7.  REMISE  DES  RADIOTELEGRAMMES 

A    DESTINATION. 

XXXI. 

Lorsque  pour  une  cause  quel- 
conque  un  radiotelegramme  prove- 
nant  d'un  navire  en  mer  ne  peut 
etre  remis  au  destinataire,  il  est 
emis  un  avis  de  non-remise.  Get 


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notice  shall  be  transmitted  to  the 
vessel  if  possible.  When  a  wire- 
less telegram  received  by  a  ship- 
board station  can  not  be  delivered, 
the  station  shall  notify  the  office  of 
origin  by  official  notice.  Such 
notice  shall  be  transmitted,  when- 
ever practicable,  to  the  coastal 
station  through  which  the  wireless 
telegram  has  passed  in  transit; 
otherwise,  to  the  nearest  coastal 
station. 

XXXII. 

If  the  ship  for  which  a  wireless 
telegram  is  intended  has  not  sig- 
nalled her  presence  to  the  coastal 
station  within  the  period  desig- 
nated by  the  sender,  or,  in  the 
absence  of  such  designation,  by 
the  morning  of  the  29th  day  fol- 
lowing, the  coastal  station  shall 
notify  the  sender. 

The  latter  shall  have  the  right 
to  ask,  by  a  paid  official  notice, 
sent  by  either  telegraph  or  mail 
and  addressed  to  the  coastal  sta- 
tion, that  his  wireless  telegram  be 
held  for  a  further  period  of  30 
days  for  transmission  to  the  ves- 
sel, and  so  on.  In  the  absence  of 
such  request,  the  wireless  tele- 
gram shall  be  put  aside  as  not 
transmissible  at  the  end  of  the  30th 
day  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  post- 
ing). 

If,  however,  the  coastal  station 
has  positive  information  that  the 
vessel  has  left  its  radius  of  action 
before  it  has  been  able  to  transmit 
to  her  the  wireless  message,  such 
station  shall  so  notify  the  sender. 

8.  SPECIAL  TELEGRAMS. 
XXXIII. 

The  following  telegrams  shall 
not  be  accepted  for  transmission: 

(a)  Telegrams  with  answer  pre- 
paid; 

(b)  Money  order  telegrams; 


avis  est  transmis  au  navire  s'il  est 
possible.  Lorsqu'un  radiotele- 
gramme  parvenu  a  une  station  de 
bord  ne  pent  etre  remis,  cette 
station  en  fait  part  au  bureau 
d'origine  par  avis  de  service.  Get 
avis  est  transmis,  autant  que  pos- 
sible, a  la  station  cotiere  par 
laquelle  a  transite  le  radiotele- 
gramme,  ou,  le  cas  echeant,  a  la 
station  cotiere  la  plus  rapprochee. 


XXXII. 

Si  le  navire  auquel  est  destine 
un  radiotelegramme  n'apas  signale 
sa  presence  a  la  station  cotiere 
dans  le  delai  indique  par  Pexpedi- 
teur  ou,  a  defaut  d'une  telle  indi- 
cation, jusqu'au  matin  du  29e  jour 
suivant,  cette  station  cotiere  en 
donne  avis  a  Fexpediteur. 

Celui-ci  a  la  faculte  dedemander 
par  avis  de  service  taxe,  telegra- 
phique  ou  postal,  adresse  a  la  sta- 
tion cotiere,  que  son  radiotele- 
gramme soit  retenu  pendant  une 
nouvelle  periode  de  30  jours  yjour 
etre  transmis  au  navire  et  ainsi 
de  suite.  A  defaut  d'une  telle  de- 
mande,  le  radiotelegramme  est 
mis  au  rebut  a  la  tin  du  30e  jour 
(jour  de  depot  non  compris). 


Toutefois,  si  la  station  cotiere  a 
Passurance  que  le  navire  est  sorti 
de  son  rayon  d'action  avant  qu'elle 
ait  pu  lui  transmettre  le  radiotele- 
gramme, cette  station  en  avise  1'ex- 
pediteur. 

8.  TELEGRAMMES  SPEGIAUX. 

XXXIII. 
Ne  sont  pas  admis: 

(a)  les  telegrammes  avec  reponse 
payee, 

(6)  les  telegrammes-mandats, 


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(c)  Telegrams  calling  for  repe- 
tition of  message  (for  purposes  of 
verification); 

(d)  Telegrams    calling    for   ac- 
knowledgment of  receipt; 

(e)  Telegrams  to  be  forwarded 
(if  addressee  is  not  found  at  the 
address  given); 

(f)  Paid  service  telegrams,  ex- 
cept in  so  far  as  transmission  over 
the  lines  of  the  telegraph  system 
is  concerned; 

(g)  Urgent    telegrams,    except 
in  so  far  as  transmission  over  the 
lines   of   the  telegraph   system  -is 
concerned,  subject  to  the  applica- 
tion of  the  provisions  of  the  Inter- 
national Telegraph  Regulations; 

(h)  Telegrams  to  be  delivered 
b}7  express  or  mail. 

!».   FILES. 
XXXIV. 

The  originals  of  wireless  tele- 
grams and  the  documents  relating 
thereto  retained  by  the  manage- 
ments of  the  wireless  telegraph 
service  or  by  private  enterprises 
shall  be  kept  for  a  period  of  at 
least  twelve  months  beginning 
with  the  month  following  that  of 
the  posting  of  the  wireless  tele- 
gram, with  all  the  necessan7  pre- 
cautions as  regards  secrecy. 

Such  originals  and  documents 
shall,  as  far  as  practicable,  be  sent 
at  least  once  a  month  by  the  ship- 
board stations  to  the  management 
of  the  wireless  telegraph  service 
to  which  the}-  are  subject. 

10.     REBATES     AND     REIMBURSE- 
MENTS. 

XXXV. 

1.  With  regard  to  rebates  and 
reimbursements,  the  provisions  of 
the  International  Telegraph  Regu- 
lations shall  be  applicable,  taking 
into  account  the  restrictions  speci- 
fied in  Article  XXXIII  of  the 


(c)  les  telegrammes  avec  colla- 
tionnement, 

(d)  les  telegrammes  avec  accuse 
de  reception, 

(e)  les  telegrammes  a  f  aire  suivre4 


(/)  les  telegrammes  de  service 
taxes,  sauf  en  ce  qui  concerne  le 
parcours  sur  les  lignes  du  reseau 
telegraphique, 

(g)  les  telegrammes  urgents, 
sauf  en  ce  qui  concerne  le  par- 
cours sur  les  lignes  du  reseau  tele- 
graphique sous  reserve  de  Pappli- 
cation  des  prescriptions  du  Regle- 
ment  telegraphique  international, 

(A)  les  telegrammes  a  remettre 
par  expres  ou  par  poste. 

9.  ARCHIVES. 
XXXIV. 

Les  originaux  des  radiotele- 
grammes  et  les  documents  y  rela- 
tit's  retenus  par  les  Administrations 
ou  les  exploitations  privees  sont 
conserves  au  moins  pendant  12 
mois  a  compter  du  mois  qui  suit 
le  mois  du  depot  du  radiotele- 
gramme  avec  toutes  les  precautions 
necessalres  au  point  de  vue  de 
secret. 

Ces  originaux  et  documents  sont, 
autant  que  possible,  envoyes  au 
moins  une  fois  par  mois,  par  les 
stations  de  bord,  aux  Administra- 
tions dont  elles  relevent. 


10.  DETAXESET  REMBOURSEMENTS. 


XXXV. 

1 .  En  ce  qui  concerne  les  detaxes 
et  remboursements  il  est  fait  ap- 
plication des  dispositions  du  Regie- 
men  t  telegraphique  international 
en  tenant  compte  des  restrictions 
indiquees  a  Particle  XXXIII  du 


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present  Regulations  and  subject  to 
the  following  reservations: 

The  time  employed  in  the  trans- 
mission of  wireless  telegrams  and 
the  time  that  wireless  telegrams 
remain  in  a  coastal  station  or  station 
on  shipboard  shall  not  be  counted 
as  delays  as  regards  rebates  or 
reimbursements. 

Reimbursements  shall  be  borne 
by  the  different  managements  of 
the  wireless  telegraph  service  or 
private  enterprises  which  have 
taken  part  in  the  transmission  of 
the  wireless  telegram,  each  man- 
agement or  private  enterprise  re- 
linquishing its  share  of  the  rate. 
Wireless  telegrams  to  which  arti- 
cles 7  and  8  of  the  Convention  of 
St.  Petersburg  are  applicable  shall 
remain  subject,  however,  to  the 
provisions  of  the  International 
Telegraph  Regulations,  except 
when  the  acceptance  of  such  tele- 
grams is  the  result  of  an  error 
made  by  the  telegraph  service. 

2.  When  the  acknowledgment 
of  receipt  of  a  wireless  telegram 
has  not  reached  the  station  which 
has  transmitted  the  telegram,  the 
charges  shall  be  refunded  only  if 
the  fact  has  been  established  that 
the  wireless  telegram  is  entitled  to 
reimbursement. 

11.  ACCOUNTS  AND  PAYMENT  OF 
CHARGES. 

XXXVI. 

1.  The  coastal  and  shipboard 
charges  shall  not  enter  into  the  ac- 
counts provided  for  by  the  Inter- 
national Telegraph  Regulations. 

The  accounts  regarding  such 
charges  shall  be  liquidated  by  the 
managements  of  the  wireless  tele- 
graph service  of  the  countries  con- 
cerned. They  shall  be  drawn  up 
by  the  wireless  telegraph  manage- 
ment to  which  the  coastal  stations 
are  subject,  and  communicated  by 
them  to  the  wireless  telegraph 
managements  concerned. 


present  Reglement  et  sous  les 
reserves  suivantes: 

Le  temps  employe  pour  la  trans- 
mission radiotelegraphique,  ainsi 
que  la  cluree  du  sejour  du  radio- 
telegramme  dans  la  station  cotiere 
ou  dans  la  station  de  bord,  ne 
comptent  pas  dans  les  delais  con- 
cernant  les  detaxes  et  rembourse- 
ments. 

Le  rembour.sement  est  supporte 
par  les  difie rentes  Administrations 
ou  exploitations  privees  qui  ont 
participe  a  Pacheminement  du  ra- 
diotelegramme,  chaque  Adminis- 
tration abandonnant  sa  part  de 
taxe.  Toutefois,  les  radiotele- 
grammes  auxquels  sont  applica- 
bles  les  articles  7  et  8  de  la  Con- 
vention de  St-Petersbourg  restent 
soumis  aux  dispositions  du  Regle- 
ment telegraphique  international, 
sauf  lorsque  Pacceptation  de  ces 
radiotelegrammes  est  le  resultat 
d'une  erreur  de  service. 


2.  Lorsque  Paccuse  de  reception 
d'un  radiotelegramme  n'est  pas 
parvenu  a  la  station  qui  Pa  trans- 
mis,  la  taxe  n'est  remboursee  que 
lorsqu'il  a  ete  etabli  que  le  radio- 
telegramme donne  lieu  a  rem- 
boursement. 


11.    COMPTABILITE. 


XXXVI. 

1.  Les  taxes  cotieres  et  de  bord 
n'entrent  pas  dans  les  comptes 
prevus  par  le  Reglement  tele- 
graphique international. 

Les  comptes  concernant  ces  taxes 
sont  liquides  par  les  Administra- 
tions des  Gouvernements  interes- 
ses.  Us  sont  etablis  par  les  Admi- 
nistrations dont  relevent  les  sta- 
tions cotieres  et  communiques  par 
elles  aux  Administrations  inte- 
ressees. 


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2.  For    transmission    over  the 
lines  of  the  telegraph  system  wire- 
less telegrams  shall  be  treated,  so 
far  the  payment  of  rates  is  con- 
cerned, in  conformity  with  the  In- 
ternational Telegraph  Regulations. 

3.  For  wireless  telegrams  pro- 
ceeding from  ships,  the  wireless 
telegraph    management   to  which 
the  shipboard   station    is   subject 
shall  be  charged  by  the  wireless 
telegraph   management   to   which 
the  coastal  station  is  subject  with 
the  coastal  and  ordinary  telegraph 
rates  charged  on  board  of  vessels'. 

For  wireless  telegrams  intended 
for  ships,  the  wireless  telegraph 
management  which  has  collected 
the  fees  shall  be  charged  direct!}7 
by  the  wireless  telegraph  manage- 
ment to  which  the  coastal  station 
is  subject  with  the  coastal  and 
shipboard  rates.  The  latter  shall 
credit  the  wireless  telegraph 
management  to  which  the  vessel 
is  subject  with  the  shipboard  rate. 

In  case  the  wireless  telegraph 
management  which  has  collected 
the  charges  is  the  same,  however, 
as  the  one  to  which' the  shipboard 
station  is  subject,  the  shipboard 
rate  shall  not  be  charged  by  the 
wireless  telegraph  management  to 
which  the  coastal  station  is  subject. 

4.  The  monthly  accounts  serv- 
ing as  a  basis  for  the  special  ac- 
counts of  wireless  telegrams  shall 
be   made  out   for   each   telegram 
separately  with  all  the  necessary 
data  within  a  period  of  six  months 
from    the   month   to    which    they 
refer. 

5.  The  Governments  reserve  the 
right  to  enter  into  special  agree- 
ments among  themselves  and  with 
private  enterprises  (parties  oper- 
ating wireless  telegraph  stations, 
shipping  companies,  etc.)  with  a 
view  of  adopting  other  provisions 
with  regard  to  accounts. 


2.  Pour  la  transmission  sur  les 
lignes  du  resau  telegraphique,   le 
radiotelegramrne    est     traite,    au 
point   de   vue  des  comptes,   con- 
formernent    au    Reglement    tele- 
graphique international. 

3.  Pour   les    radiotelegrammes 
originaires  des  navires,  1' Adminis- 
tration dont  releve  la  station  de 
bord   est   debitee    par   celle   dont 
releve  la  station  cotiere  des  taxes 
cotieres    et  telegraphiques    ordi- 
naires  percues  a  bord  des  navires. 


Pour  les  radiotelegrammes  a 
destination  des  navires,  1' Adminis- 
tration qui  a  percu  les  taxes  est 
debitee  directement  par  1' Admi- 
nistration dont  releve  la  station 
cotiere  des  taxes  cotieres  et  de 
bord.  Cette  derniere  credite 
F  Administration  dont  releve  le 
navire  de  la  taxe  de  bord. 


Toutefois,  dans  le  cas  ou  1'Ad- 
ministration  qui  a  percu  les  taxes 
est  la  meme  que  celle  dont  releve 
la  station  de  bord,  la  taxe  de  bord 
n'est  pas  debitee  par  FAdminis- 
tration  dont  depend  la  station 
cotiere. 

4.  Les  comptes  mensuels  servant 
de  base  a  la  comptabilite  speciale 
des  radiotelegrammes  sont  etablis 
radiotelegramme    par     radiotele- 
gramme  avec   toutes    les   indica- 
tions utiles  et  dans  un  delai  de  6 
mois  a  partir  du  mois  auquel  ils 
se  rapportent. 

5.  Les    Gouvernements   se   re- 
servent  la  faculte  de  prendre  entre 
eux  et  avec  les  exploitations  pri- 
vees  (entrepreneurs  exploitant  des 
stations  radiotelegraphiques,  com- 
pagnies  de   navigation,   etc.)   des 
arrangements  speciaux  en  vue  de 
Padoption     d'autres     dispositions 
concernant  la  comptabilite. 


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12.  INTERNATIONAL  BUREAU. 
XXX  VII. 

The  International  Bureau  of 
Telegraphs  shall  be  entrusted  with 
the  duties  specified  in  Article  13 
of  the  Convention,  subject  to  the 
consent  of  the  Government  of  the 
Swiss  Federation  and  the  approval 
of  the  Telegraph  Union. 

The  additional  expenses  result- 
ing from  the  work  of  the  Inter- 
national Bureau  so  far  as  wireless 
telegraphy  is  concerned  shall  not 
exceed  40,000  francs  a  year,  ex- 
clusive of  the  special  expenses 
arising  from  the  convening  of  the 
International  Conference. 

These  expenses  shall  form  the 
subject  of  a  special  account,  and 
the  provisions  of  the  International 
Telegraph  Regulations  shall  be  ap- 
plicable to  them.  Before  the  con- 
vening of  the  next  Conference, 
however,  each  contracting  Govern- 
ment shall  notify  the  International 
Bureau  of  the  class  in  which  it  de- 
sires to  be  entered. 

XXXVIII. 

The  management  of  the  wireless 
telegraph  service  of  the  different 
countries  shall  forward  to  the  In- 
ternational Bureau  a  table  in  con- 
formity- with  the  annexed  blank, 
containing  the  data  enumerated  in 
said  table  for  stations  such  as  re- 
ferred to  in  Article  IV  of  the  reg- 
ulations. Changes  occurring  and 
additional  data  shall  be  forwarded 
by  the  wireless  telegraph  manage- 
ments to  the  International  Bureau 
between  the  1st  and  10th  day  of 
each  month.  With  the  aid  of  such 
data  the  International  Bureau  shall 
draw  up  a  list  which  it  shall  keep 
up  to  date.  The  list  and  the  sup- 
plements thereto  shall  be  printed 


12.  BUREAU  INTERNATIONAL. 
XXXVII. 

Le  Bureau  international  des 
Administrations  telegraphiques 
sera  charge,  sous  reserve  du  con- 
sentement  du  Gouvernement  de  la 
Confederation  suisse  et  de  Tap- 
probation  de  FUnion  telegraphi- 
que,  des  attributions  determinees 
a  Particle  13  de  la  Convention. 

Les  depenses  supplementaires 
resultant  du  fonctionnement  du 
Bureau  international,  en  ce  qui 
concerne  la  radiotelegraphie,  ne 
doivent  pas  depasser  40000  francs 
par  an,  non  compris  les  frais  spe- 
ciaux  auxquels  donne  lieu  la  re- 
union d'une  Conference  Interna- 
tionale. 

Ces  depenses  font  1'objet  d'un 
decompte  special  et  il  est  fait  ap- 
plication a  leur  sujet  des  disposi- 
tions du  Reglement  telegraphique 
international.  Toutefois,  en  at- 
tendant la  reunion  de  la  prochaine 
Conference,  chaque  Gouvernement 
contractant  fait  connaitre  au  Bu- 
reau international  la  classe  dans 
laquelle  il  desire  etre  inscrit. 

XXXVIII. 

Les  differentes  Administrations 
font  parvenir  au  Bureau  interna- 
tional un  tableau  conforme  au 
modele  ci-joirit  et  contenant  les 
indications  enumerees  dans  le  dit 
tableau  pour  les  stations  visees  a 
Particle  IV  du  Reglement.  Les 
modifications  survenues  et  les 
supplements  sont  communiques 
par  les  Administrations  au  Bureau 
international  du  ler  au  10  de  chaque 
mois.  A  Paide  de  ces  communi- 
cations, le  Bureau  international 
dresse  une  nomenclature  qu'il  tient 
au  courant.  La  nomenclature  et 
ses  supplements  sont  imprimes  et 
distribues  aux  Administrations 
interessees;  ils  peuvent  egalement 


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and  distributed  to  the  wireless  tel- 
egraph managements  of  the  coun- 
tries concerned;  they  may  also  be 
sold  to  the  public  at  the  cost  price. 
The  International  Bureau  shall 
see  to  it  that  the  same  call  letters 
for  several  wireless  telegraph  sta- 
tions shall  not  be  adopted. 

13.    MISCELLANEOUS   PROVISIONS. 
XXXIX. 

The  managements  of  the  wire- 
less telegraph  service  shall  give  to 
ag'encies  of  maritime  information 
such  data  regarding  losses  and 
casualties  at  sea  or  other  infor- 
mation of  general  interest  to  navi- 
gation, as  the  coastal  stations  may 
properly  report. 


XL. 

The  exchange  of  correspond- 
ence between  shipboard  stations 
such  as  referred  to  in  Article  1  of 
the  Convention  shall  be  carried  on 
in  such  a  manner  as  not  to  inter- 
fere with  the  service  of  the  coastal 
stations,  the  latter,  as  a  general 
rule,  being  accorded  the  right  of 
priorit}^  for  the  public  service. 

XLI. 

1.  In  the  absenceof  special  agree- 
ments between  the  parties  con- 
cerned, the  provisions  of  the  pres- 
ent Regulations  shall  be  applicable 
analogously  to  the  exchange  of 
wireless  telegrams  between  two 
vessels  at  sea,  subject  to  the  fol- 
lowing exceptions: 

(a)  To  Article  XIV.  The  ship- 
board  rate  falling  to  the   trans- 
mitting ship  shall  be  collected  from 
the  sender,  and  that  falling  to  the 
receiving  ship  shall    be   collected 
from  the  addressee; 

(b)  To  Article  XVIII.  The  order 
of  transmission  shall  be  regulated 


etre  vendus  au  public  au  prix  de 
revient. 


Le  Bureau  international  veille 
a  ce  que  1'adoption  d'indicatifs 
identiques  pour  les  stations  radio- 
telegraphiques  soit  evitee. 

13.  DISPOSITIONS  DI VERSES. 
XXXIX. 

Les  Administrations  facilitent 
la  communication  aux  agences 
(^information  maritimes  qu'elles 
agreent  des  renseignements  con- 
cernant  les  a  varies  et  sinistres 
maritimes  ou  presentant  un  interet 
general  pour  la  navigation  dont 
les  stations  cotieres  peuvent  regu- 
lierement  donner  communication. 

XL. 

Les  transmissions  echangees 
entre  les  stations  de  bord  visees  a 
Particle  ler  de  la  Convention  doi- 
vent  s'effectuer  de  maniere  a  ne 
pas  troubler  le  service  des  stations 
cotieres,  celles-ci  devant  avoir,  en 
regie  generale,  le  droit  de  priorite 
pour  la  correspondance  publique. 


XLI. 

1.  A  moins  d'arrangements  spe- 
ciaux  entre  les  interesses,  les  dis- 
positions du  present  Reglement 
sont  applicables,  par  analogic,  a 
1'echange  radiotelegraphique  en- 
tre deux  navires  en  mer,  sauf  les 
exceptions  suivantes: 

(a)  ARTICLE  XIV.  La  taxe  de 
bord  revenant  au  navire  transmet- 
teur  est  percue  sur  Pexpediteur  et 
celle  revenant  au  navire  recepteur 
est  percue  sur  le  destinataire. 

(b)  ARTICLE     XVIII.    L'ordre 
de  transmission  est  regie  chaque 


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in  each  case  by  mutual  agreement 
between  the  corresponding  sta- 
tions. 

(c)  To  Article  XXXVI.  The 
rates  for  the  wireless  telegrams 
in  question  shall  not  enter  into 
the  accounts  provided  for  in  that 
article,  such  charges  falling  to  the 
wireless  telegraph  managements 
which  have  collected  them. 

2.  Retransmission  of  wireless 
telegrams  exchanged  between  ves- 
sels at  sea  shall  be  subject  to  spe- 
cial agreements  between  the  parties 
concerned. 


fois  de  commun  accord  entre  les 
stations  correspondantes. 

(c)  ARTICLE  XXXVI.  Les  taxes 
des  radiotelegrammes  en  question 
n'entrent  pas  dans  les  comptes 
prevus  a  cet  article,  ces  taxes  etant 
acquises  aux  Administrations  qui 
les  ont  encaissees. 

2.  La  retransmission  des  radio- 
telegrammes echanges  entre  les 
navires  en  mer  est  sui)ordonnee  a 
des  arrangements  speciaux  entre 
les  interesses. 


XLII. 

The  provisions  of  the  Inter- 
national Telegraph  Regulations 
shall  be  applicable  analogously  to 
wireless  telegraph  correspondence 
in  so  far  as  they  are  not  contrary 
to  the  provisions  of  the  present 
regulations. 

In  conformity  with  Article  11  of 
the  Convention  of  Berlin,  these 
Regulations  shall  go  into  effect  on 
the  first  day  of  July,  1908. 

In  witness  whereof  the  respec- 
tive plenipotentiaries  have  signed 
one  copy  of  the  present  Regula- 
tions, which  shall  be  deposited  in 
the  archives  of  the  Imperial  Gov- 
ernment of  Germany,  and  a  copy 
of  which  shall  be  transmitted  to 
each  of  the  Parties. 

Done  at  Berlin.  November  3, 
1906. 

For  Germany: 

KRAETKE. 

SYDOW. 
For  United  States: 

CHARLEMAGNE  TOWER. 

H.  N.  MANNEY. 

JAMES  ALLEN. 

JOHN  I.  WATERBURY. 
For  Argentina: 

J.  OLMT. 
For  Austria: 

BARTH. 

FRIES. 


XLII. 

Les  dispositions  du  Reglement 
telegraphique  international  sont 
applicables,  par  analogic,  a  la  cor- 
respondance  radiotolegraphique  en 
tant  qu'elles  ne  sont  pas  contraires 
aux  dispositions  du  present  Re- 
glement. 

Conformement  a  1'article  11  de 
la  Convention  de  Berlin,  ce  Regle- 
ment entrera  en  vigueur  le  ler 
juillet  1908. 

En  foi  de  quoi  les  plenipoten- 
tiaires  respect!  fs  ont  signe  le 
Reglement  en  un  exemplaire  qui 
restera  depose  aux  archives  du 
Gouvernement  Imperial  d'Alle- 
magne  et  dont  une  copie  sera 
remise  a  chaque  Partie. 

Fait  a  Berlin,  le  3  novembre 
1906. 

Pour  PAllemagne: 

KRAETKE. 

SYDOW. 
Pour  les  Etats-Unis  d' Amerique: 

CHARLEMAGNE  TOWER. 

H.  N.  MANNEY. 

JAMES  ALLEN. 

JOHN  I.  WATERBURY. 
Pour  P Argentine: 

J.  OLMI. 
Pour  PAutriche: 

BARTH. 

FRIES. 


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For  Hungary: 

PlERRE    DE   SZALAY. 

DR.  DE  HENNYEY. 

HOLL6S. 

For  Belgium: 

F.  DELARGE. 

E.  BUELS. 
For  Brazil: 

CESAR  DE  CAMPOS. 
For  Bulgaria: 

Iv.  STOYANOVITCH. 
For  Chile: 

J.  MUNOZ. 

J.  MERY. 
For  Denmark: 

N.  R.  MEYER. 

I.  A.  VOEHTZ. 
For  Spain: 

IGNACIO  MURCIA. 

RAM6N  ESTRADA. 

RAFAEL  RAVENA. 

ISIDRO  CALVO. 

MANUEL  NORIEGA. 

ANTONIO  PELAEZ-CAMPO- 

MANES. 

For  France: 

J.   BORDELONGUE. 

L.  GASCHARD. 

BOULANGER. 

A.  DEVOS. 
For  Great  Britain: 

H.  BABINGTON  SMITH. 
A.  E.  BETHELL. 

R.   L.   HlPPISLEY. 

For  Greece: 

T.  ARGYROPOULOS. 
For  Italy : 

J.  COLOMBO. 
For  Japan : 

OSUKE  ASANO. 

ROKURE  YASHIRO. 

SHUNKICHI  KIMURA. 

ZIRO  TANAKA. 

SABURO  H YAKUT AKE. 
For  Mexico: 

JOSE  M.  PEREZ. 
For  Monaco: 

J.  DEPELLEY. 
For  Norway: 

HEFTYE. 

O.  T.  EIDEM. 


Pour  la  Hongrie: 

PIERRE  DE  SZALAY. 

Dr.  DE  HENNYEY. 

HOLLOS. 
Pour  la  Belgique: 

F.  DELARGE. 

E.  BUELS. 
Pour  le  Bresil: 

CESAR  DE  CAMPOS. 
Pour  la  Bulgarie: 

Iv.  STOYANOVITCH. 
Pour  le  Chili: 

J.  MUNOZ  HURT  ADO. 

J.  MERY. 
Pour  le  Danemark: 

N.  R.  MEYER. 

I.  A.  VOEHTZ. 
Pour  PEspagne: 

IGNACIO  MURCIA. 

RAM6N  ESTRADA. 

RAFAEL  RAVENA. 

ISIDRO  CALVO. 

MANUEL  NORIEGA. 

ANTONIO  PELAEZ-CAMPO- 

MANES. 

Pour  la  France: 

J.  BORDELONGUE. 
L.  GASCHARD. 

BOULANGER. 

A.  DEVOS. 
Pour  la  Grande  Bretagne: 

H.  BABINGTON  SMITH. 

A.  E.  BKTHELL. 

R.  L.  HIPPISLEY. 
Pour  la  Grece: 

T.  ARGYROPOULOS. 
Pour  PItalie: 

J.  COLOMBO. 
Pour  le  Japon : 

OSUKE  ASANO. 

ROKURE  YASHIRO. 

SHUNKICHI  KIMURA. 

ZIRO  TANAKA. 

SABURO  HYAKUTAKE. 
Pour  le  Mexique: 

JOSE  M.  PEREZ. 
Pour  Monaco: 

J.  DEPELLEY. 
Pour  la  Norvege: 

HEFTYE. 

O.  T.  EIDEM. 


52 


For  Netherlands: 

KRUYT. 

PERK. 

HOVEN. 
For  Persia: 

HOVHANNES  KHAN. 
For  Portugal: 

PAULO  BENJAMINCABRAL. 
For  Roumania: 

GR.  CERKEZ. 
For  Russia: 

A.  EICHHOLZ. 

A.  EULER. 

VICTOR  BILIBINE. 

A.  REMMERT. 

W.  KEDRINE. 
For  Sweden: 

HERMAN  RYDIN. 

A.  HAMILTON. 
For  Turkey: 

NAZIF  BEY. 
For  Uruguay: 

F.  A.  COSTANZO. 


Ppur  les  Pays-Bas: 

KRUYT. 

PERK. 

HOVEN. 
Pour  la  Perse: 

HOVHANNES  KHAN. 
Pour  le  Portugal: 

PAULO  BENJAMINCABRAL. 
Pour  la  Roumanie: 

GR.  CERKEZ. 
Pour  la  Russie: 

A.  EICHHOLZ. 

A.  EULER. 

VICTOR  BIL&INE. 

A.  REMMERT. 

W.  KEDRINE. 
Pour  la  Suede: 

HERMAN  RYDIN. 

A.  HAMILTON. 
Pour  la  Turquie: 

NAZIF  BEY. 
Pour  P Uruguay: 

F.  A.  COSTAN/O. 


53 

[Supplement  to  Article  XXXVIII  of  the  Regulations.] 
Wireless  telegraph  management  of 

Inscriptive  list  of  wireless  telegraph  stations. 

(a)   COASTAL    STATIONS. 


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IN 

11    1 

P- 

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Name. 

Nationality. 

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1 

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3 

Normal  range. 

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Class  of  receiving  a 
ratus  (recording,  a 
tic,  or  other  apparat 

Wave  lengths  (the  no 
wave  length  to  be  m 
scored). 

Nature  of  service  furni 
by  station. 

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|~S 
a""1  ' 

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mum  rate. 

Remarks. 

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54 


[Annexe  a  1'article  XXXVIII  du  Reglement,] 
Administration  de 

Etat  signaletique  des  stations  radiotelegraphiques. 

(a)    STATIONS   COTIERES. 


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Nom. 

Nationalite. 

Position  geographique. 

Indicatif  d'appel. 

Portee  normale. 

Systeme  radiotelegraph: 

Categoric  des  appareil 
teurs  (appareils  ecriv 
pareils  a  reception  au( 
autres). 

Longueurs  d'onde  (la  1 
d'onde  normale  est  sou 

Nature  du  service  effect 
station. 

Heures  d'ouverture  (avt 
cati<fn  du  meridien, 
elles  se  rapportent). 

Taxe  c6tiere  avec  indie 
minimum  de  tax 

Observations. 

(b)    STATIONS    DE    BORD. 


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national  de  sig 

Indication  du  port  d 

Indicatif  d'appel. 

j 

1 

CO 

Categoric  d  es  apparei 
(appareils  ecrivan 
a  reception  auditiv 

Longueurs  d'onde  ( 
d'onde  normale  est 

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station. 

Heures  d'ouverture. 

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55 

Extract  from  the  International  Telegraph   Convention,  signed  at  St. 
Petersburg,  July  10  %%,  1875. 

[See  Article  17  of  the  convention.] 
ARTICLE  1. 

The  High  Contracting  Parties  concede  to  all  persons  the  right  to 
correspond  by  means  of  the  international  telegraphs. 

ARTICLE  2. 

They  bind  themselves  to  take  all  the  necessary  measures  for  the 
purpose  of  insuring  the  secrecy  of  the  correspondence  and  its  safe 
transmission. 

ARTICLE  3. 

They  declare,  nevertheless,  that  they  accept  no  responsibility  as 
regards  the  international  telegraph  service. 

ARTICLE  5. 

Telegrams  are  classed  in  three  categories: 

1.  State  telegrams:  those  emanating  from  the  Head  of  the  Nation, 
the  Ministers,   the   Commanders-in  Chief   of.  the   Army   and   Naval 
forces,  and  the  Diplomatic  or  Consular  Agents  of   the  Contracting 
Governments,  as  well  as  the  answers  to  such  telegrams. 

2.  Service  telegrams:  those  which  emanate  from  the  Managements 
of  the  Telegraph  Service  of  the  Contracting  States  and  which  relate 
either  to  the  international  telegraph  service  or  to  subjects  of  public 
interest  determined  jointly  by  such  Managements. 

3.  Private  telegrams. 

In  the  transmission,  the  State  telegrams  shall  have  precedence  over 
other  telegrams. 

ARTICLE  6. 

State  telegrams  and  service  telegrams  may  be  issued  in  secret  lan- 
guage, in  any  communications. 

Private  telegrams  may  be  exchanged  in  secret  language  between 
two  States  which  admit  of  this  mode  of  correspondence. 

The  States  which  do  not  admit  of  private  telegrams  in  secret  lan- 
guage upon  the  expedition  or  arrival  of  the  same,  shall  allow  them  to 
pass  in  transit,  except  in  the  case  of  suspension  defined  in  article  8. 

ARTICLE  7. 

The  High  Contracting  Parties  reserve  the  right  to  stop  the  trans- 
mission of  any  private  telegram  which  ma}^  appear  dangerous  to  the 
safety  of  the  State,  or  which  may  be  contrary  to  the  laws  of  the 
country,  to  public  order  or  good  morals. 

ARTICLE  8. 

Each  Government  also  reserves  the  right  to  suspend  the  interna- 
tional telegraph  service  for  an  indefinite  period,  if  deemed  necessary 


by  it,  either  generally,  or  only  over  certain  lines  and  for  certain 
classes  of  correspondence,  of  which  such  Government  shall  immedi- 
ately notify  all  the  other  Contracting-  Governments. 

ARTICLE  11. 

Telegrams  relating  to  the  international  telegraph  service  of  the 
Contracting  States  shall  be  transmitted  free  of  charge  over  the  entire 
systems  of  such  States. 

ARTICLE  12. 

The  High  Contracting  Parties  shall  render  accounts  to  one  another 
of  the  charges  collected  by  each  of  them. 

ARTICLE  17. 

The  High  Contracting  Parties  reserve  respectively* the  right  to 
enter  among  themselves  into  special  arrangements  of  any  kind  with 
regard  to  points  of  the  service  which  do  not  interest  the  States 
generally. 


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/v  , 


Oaylord  Bros{ 

Maker.         { 
Syracuse.  N.  T. 

PAT.  JAN.  21.  1908      , 


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